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Lespedeza capitata Michaux
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: round-head lespedeza
USES/NOTES: Comanche made a tea from the plant.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America, from Ontario to Florida
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Kindscher 1987
Leucaena esculenta (Moçiño & Sessé) Benth.
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: leucaena
PORTUGUESE: leucena
SPANISH: guaje
USES/NOTES: Seeds, sold in local markets, are eaten salted when
still green or cooked when mature. Young leaves also are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Mexico
REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987, Martin and Ruberté 1975, Smith et al.
1992, Uphof 1968
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit [syn. L. glauca auct. non (L.)
Benth.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: cowbush, jumbie bean, jumpy bean, leadtree, leucaena,
miracle tree, shack-shack, West Indies mimosa, white popinac,
wild mimosa, wild taman, wild tamarind
PORTUGUESE: leucena
SPANISH: acacia, acacia palida, aroma blanca, aroma boba, aroma
mansa, barba de león, calguaje, calloaxin, chalip, dormilín, efe,
frijol guaje, granadillo bobo, granadino, guache, guache de
tierra caliente, guaje blanco, guaje de casa, guaje de casero,
guaje verde, guas, guash, guash de castilla, guashe, hediondilla,
huaje, huaxin, ipilipil, ipil-ipil, leucena, lino, lino criollo,
macata, macata blanca, mimosa, monval, panelo, pashaquilla,
tamarindillo, tantan, tumbarabu, uaxim, vaxi, yage, yail ba’ ade
USES/NOTES: Protein-rich seeds, pods, leaves, and flower buds are
edible, though infrequently eaten. Young leaves are a quelite
source in parts of Mexico – quelite being a generic term for
certain kinds of green leafy vegetables often used like common
spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Young seeds and pods are eaten
cooked or fresh when very young, dried young seeds are eaten
popped, and mature seeds are eaten boiled or are ground and used
like coffee (Coffea spp.). Gum can be used to thicken foods.
Planted widely in Middle America, and increasingly elsewhere, as
a source of fuel wood, fodder, green manure, to shade other crops
(such as coffee), as a living fence, and for its ability to
naturally fix nitrogen in the soil. Because of its rapid growth
and multiple uses, it is being grown as a plantation cultivar to
reduce pressure on natural forests. Referred to as the miracle
tree for its versatility and rapid growth (to 6 meters/year).
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