Leucaena esculenta
Leucaena esculenta (binomen a Georgio Bentham anno 1875 statutum) est arbor familiae Fabacearum, in media America sponte crescens, cuius semina ac folliculi necnon folia colliguntur comedunturque. Haec species cum cognata Leucaena leucocephala in Mexico iam ante saeculum XV domesticata est.

Bibliographia 
 Diana Kennedy, Oaxaca al gusto: an infinite gastronomy (Austinopoli: University of Texas Press, 2010) pp. 6, 300, 304, 378, 429 (guajes, cf. guazmole) 
 C. T. Sorensson, "Potential for Improvement of Leucaena through Interspecific Hybridisation" in H. M. Shelton, C. M. Piggin, J. L. Brewbaker, edd., Leucaena: Opportunities and Limitations (Camberrae, 1995) pp. 47-79
 C. T. Sorensson, J. L. Brewbaker, "Interspecific compatibility among 15 Leucaena species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) via artificial hybridizations" in American Journal of Botany vol. 81 (1994) pp. 240–247
 Sergio Zárate, "Domestication of Cultivated Leucaena (Leguminosae) in Mexico: The Sixteenth Century Documents" in Economic Botany vol. 51 (1997) pp. 238-250 JSTOR
 Sergio Zárate, Nidia Pérez-Nasser, Alejandro Casas, "Genetics of Wild and Managed Populations of Leucaena esculenta Subsp. esculenta (Fabaceae; Mimosoideae) in La Montaña of Guerrero, Mexico" in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution vol. 52 (2005) pp. 941–957

Nexus externi 

 Leucaena esculenta apud IPCN Chromosome Reports
 Leucaena esculenta apud Tropical Ferns
 Leucaena esculenta apud Agroforestry Database

Species plantarum
Fruges Americae mediae
Mimosoideae
Taxa Bentham
Taxa 1875
Legumina
Alimenta Mexicana