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TEPEGUAJE Great Lead Tree
Leucaena lveruienta - Mimosaceae, Mimosa Family

DESCRIPTION: 

• Large thorn less tree with thick trunk, feathery foliage, broad rounded crown.

• Height. 40 feet.

• Flowers: Sweet scented, creamy-white, round heads.

• Fruit: 4 to 14-inch-long, strap-shaped pod.

• Foliage: Lacy foliage.

• Bark: Tan or cinnamon-brown to gray, darkening with age. 

• Growth rate: Rapid.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Sun: Full sun.

• Soil. Any.

• Drainage: Poor to moderate.

• Water.- Medium.

• Maintenance: Twig girdler's favorite.

• Propagation: Seed.
  

NATIVE HABITAT: 

Woodlands near streams and resacas.

WILDLIFE USE: 

Nest sites.

COMMENTS:

Wood is used as lumber and fence posts. Pioneer, excellent nurse tree for shade-requiring trees; suffers greatly from freezes; wood is brittle and weak; easily confused with noxious Popinac (L. leucoce hala).