银合欢Leucaena leucocephala

中文名(Chinese Name):银合欢
学名(Scientific Name): Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
英文名(English Common Name):white leadtree
别名(Chinese Common Name):白合欢
异名(Synonym):Leucaena glauca Benth.  Leucaena salvadorensis Standl.  Mimosa leucocephala Lam.  Acacia frondosa Willd.  Acacia leucophala Link  Leucaena glabra Benth.  Mimosa leucophala Lam. 
科属Family & Genus):含羞草科,Mimosaceae银合欢属
形态特征Description):灌木或小乔木,高2-6米;幼枝被短柔毛,老枝无毛,具褐色皮孔,无刺;托叶三角形,小。羽片4-8对,长5-9(-16)厘米,叶轴被柔毛,在最下一对羽片着生处有黑色腺体1枚;小叶5-15对,线状长圆形,长7-13毫米,宽1.5-3毫米,先端急尖,基部楔形,边缘被短柔毛,中脉偏向小叶上缘,两侧不等宽。头状花序通常1-2个腋生,直径2-3厘米;苞片紧贴,被毛,早落;总花梗长2-4厘米;花白色;花萼长约3毫米,顶端具5细齿,外面被柔毛;花瓣狭倒披针形,长约5毫米,背被疏柔毛;雄蕊10枚,通常被疏柔毛,长约7毫米;子房具短柄,上部被柔毛,柱头凹下呈杯状。荚果带状,长10-18厘米,宽1.4-2厘米,顶端凸尖,基部有柄,纵裂,被微柔毛;种子6-25颗,卵形,长约7.5毫米,褐色,扁平,光亮。花期4-7月;果期8-10月。
分布(Distribution):原产热带美洲,现广布于各热带地区,生于低海拔的荒地或疏林中。我国南部引种栽培。
用途(Use):本种耐旱力强,适为荒山造林树种,亦可作咖啡或可可的荫蔽树种或植作绿篱;木质坚硬,为良好之薪炭材。
引自植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 10 Page 53
Leucaena leucocephala (Lamarck) de Wit, Taxon. 10: 54. 1961.
银合欢 yin he huan| Fabaceae  | Leucaena
Mimosa leucocephala Lamarck, Encycl. 1: 12. 1783; Acacia glauca Willdenow (1806), not (Linnaeus) Moench (1794); Leucaena glauca Bentham; M. glauca Linnaeus (1763), not Linnaeus (1753).
Shrubs or small trees, 2-6 m tall. Branchlets pubescent, glabrous when old, with brown lenticels. Stipules caducous, deltoid, very small; pinnae 4-8 pairs, 5-9(-16) cm, rachis pu­bescent with black glands at location of lowest pinnae; leaflets 5-15 pairs, linear-oblong, 7-13 × 1.5-3 mm, main vein close to upper margin, base cuneate, margin ciliate, apex acute. Heads usually 1 or 2, axillary, 2-3 cm in diam.; peduncle 2-4 cm; bracts deciduous, pubescent. Flowers white. Calyx ca. 3 mm, outside glabrous at base, puberulent at apex, 5-toothed. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, ca. 5 mm, outside pubescent. Stamens 10, sparsely pubescent, ca. 7 mm. Ovary shortly stipitate, sparsely pubescent; stigma cupular. Legume straight, strap-shaped, flat, 10-18 × 1.4-2 cm, leathery, base attenuate, pedicel to 3 cm, pubescent, beak acute, hard. Seeds 6-25, brown, glossy, narrowly ovoid, flat, 6-9 × 3-4.5 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 104*.
Cultivated and naturalized in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Gui­zhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan [originally from tropical America, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions].
This plant is grown for use as green manure and fodder.
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