Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Leucaena trichodes (Jacq.) Benth.

acacia palida, aroma blanca, bolillo, yaje, wild tamarind, lead tree

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Leucaena

Species
trichodes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Mimosa trichodes Jacq.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1985

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  • Brewbaker, J. (1983) Systematics, Self-Incompatibility, Breeding Systems, and Genetic Improvement of Leucaena species. En: International Development Research Centre (1983). Leucaena Research in the Asian Pacific Region: proceedings of a workshop held in Singapore, 23-26 Nov. 1982. Ottawa, Ont., IDRC 192 pp.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Macbride, J.F. (1943) Leguminosae (Fabaceae) Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 14:1-112.
  • Macbride, J.F. (1943) Leguminosae Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3/1): 1–506.
  • Stahl, B Lewis, G., & Klitgaard, B. (2015) 82-84. Leguminosae - Key to genera. En: Persson, C., & Stahl, B. (2015). Flora of Ecuador 92: 116 pp.
  • Stevens, W.D. Ulloa, C., Pool, A., & Montiel, O.M. (2001) Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i–xlii, 1–2666.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Leucaena trichodes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1181. Accessed 3 November 2026.