Leucaena - Leucaena leucocephala ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Mimosoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Leucaena leucocephala
Common name: Leucaena

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Be'er Milcah, Israel - 12 August 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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Colombia & Venezuela
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
conservation
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
short shelf life
Yield first season:
100 kg N/ha/6months
Yield top season:
300 kg N/ha/6months
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
young pods
minor food
Medicinal
no part
no effect
54%/oil
56%/oil
 medicals
Lipids seed/nut
(solvent extraction
)
medium
Leucaena oil
5.10%
10%
 liphids
Apiculture:
low
 honey
Fruit:
low
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
low
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
Leucaena wood
 790ρ 810ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 8 credits 4,600 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fertilization
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • fruit
  • apiculture
  • gum/resin
  • tannin
  • ornamental

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Plant Details
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Be'er Milcah, Israel - 12 August 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
5
 m tallest
Crown width:
3
 m widest
Planting distance:
50
 cm
Row distance:
300
 cm
Growing speed:
fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
high endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
  • Glomus constrictum
  • Glomus epigaeum
  • Glomus fasciculatum
  • Glomus fulvum
  • Glomus hoi
  • Glomus intraradices
  • Glomus macrocarpum
  • Glomus mosseae

 M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 3 - 5 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
7
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
25
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Timber Fuel and Fodder

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
itself
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 900 m 1,800m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 2°C 25°C 30°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 650 mm 1825 mm 3,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.5 8.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
240
 months
Seed weight:
15,000
20,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Heteropsylla cubana
 Diseases:
  • Fusarium wilt
  • Leaf spot

Propagation instruction
  • (1) Store harvested seeds dry at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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Additional Photos
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