Fabaceae
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Leucaena
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Common names
By language (45)
- Albanian
- Farat e lirit
- Arabic
- ليوسينا, التمر الهندي النهري, الميموزا الزائفة, بذور الكتان, بوبيناك أبيض, جامباي, شجرة الرصاص, شجرة الرصاص البيضاء
- arz
- ليوسينا
- Bangla
- ইপিল ইপিল
- bew
- Peté cina
- bik
- Ipil-ipil
- Burmese
- ဘောစကိုင်း
- Cantonese
- 銀合歡
- Chinese
- 銀合歡, 银合欢, 新银合欢, 灰金合歡, 白合欢, 萨尔瓦多银合欢, 金丝刷
- Czech
- Leucéna bělohlavá
- Dutch
- Witte mimosa
- English
- White leadtree, Cassie, Coffee bush, Ipil-ipil, Jumbay, Lead tree, River tamarind, White popinac
- Filipino
- Ipil-ipil, Ipil, Laucaena glauca, Santa-elena, Santaelena
- Finnish
- Lyijypuu
- French
- Faux mimosa, Graines de lin
- German
- Weisskopfmimose, Weißkopfmimose, Wilde Tamarinde
- gor
- Kalamati
- Haitian Creole
- Madlèn
- Hebrew
- צחר כחלחל
- Hindi
- सुबबूल
- Indonesian
- Lamtoro, Kemlandingan, Lamtoro gung, Petai cina, Petai selong
- Japanese
- ギンネム
- Javanese
- Pethèt, Manding, Pethet
- Khmer
- ដើមធំថេត
- Macedonian
- Белоглава мимоза
- Malagasy
- Bonara mantsina, Lesena
- Malay
- Petai belalang, Petai cina
- Malayalam
- സുബാബുൽ
- Marathi
- सुबाभूळ
- min
- Patai cino
- nah
- Huāxcuahuitl
- Nepali
- इपिल
- Persian
- سوبابل
- Punjabi
- ਸੁਬਬੂਲ
- pwn
- Gingningmu
- Quechua
- Yarawisqu, Yarawisku
- Russian
- Леуцена светлоголовчатая
- Spanish
- Aroma mansa, Aromo blanco, Guaje, Huaje, Huaxyacac, Liliaque, Peladera
- Sundanese
- Peuteuy sélong, Sélong
- szy
- Paseng
- Tamil
- இபில்-இபில்
- Telugu
- సుబాబుల్
- Thai
- กระถิน
- Ukrainian
- Левкена сиза
- Vietnamese
- Keo dậu
Synonyms
- Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) F.Dietr.
- Leucaena glabra Benth.
- Mimosa leucocephala Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 991 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: ONG SOS Biodiversity, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.