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Leucaena lempirana

Leucaena lempirana is a small tree in the pea family, native only to Honduras in wet tropical forest. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance relies on general knowledge of related Leucaena species.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and lime-rich soils.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Honduras
Climate
wet tropical

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Leucaena lempirana is a species of plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Honduras.

Other Leucaena plants

Leucaena cuspidata · Red Leucaena · Leucaena greggii · Leucaena involucrata · White leadtree · Leucaena magnifica · Leucaena matudae · Leucaena pueblana · Littleleaf leadtree · Leucaena salvadorensis · Leadtree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucaena lempirana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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