Leucaena pueblana

Botanical Description

Leucaena pueblana is a small, deciduous tree, sometimes multi-stemmed, branchy when young but developing an open rounded crown with age; it can grow 5 - 10 metres tall. The bole is 5 - 20cm in diameter, occasionally to 30cm[ 1518 Title Leucaena A Genetic Resources Handbook Publication Tropical Forestry Papers No. 37 Author Hughes C.E. Website https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/leucaena/ Publisher Oxford Forestry Institute; Oxford, UK Year 1998 ISBN 0 85074 145 9 Description An excellent guide to the genus, giving detailed information on the various species ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food. It is possibly also occasionally cultivated, or semi-cultivated. Leucaena pueblana occupies a restricted distribution, endemic to the Tehuacan Valley. It is never abundant and regeneration is apparently susceptible to grazing pressure[ 1518 Title Leucaena A Genetic Resources Handbook Publication Tropical Forestry Papers No. 37 Author Hughes C.E. Website https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/leucaena/ Publisher Oxford Forestry Institute; Oxford, UK Year 1998 ISBN 0 85074 145 9 Description An excellent guide to the genus, giving detailed information on the various species ]..The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].