Fabaceae

Strand tangantangan

Schleinitzia fosbergii Nevling & Niezgoda

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Schleinitzia

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Strand tangantangan: Schleinitzia fosbergii, Yigo, Guam, among Scaevola taccada and Casuarina equisetifolia on coastal strand. — Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Strand tangantangan

Synonyms

Leucaena insularum var. guamensis Fosberg & B.C.Stone

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Halenhardy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Halenhardy, 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.