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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Ease of Drying Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Natural Durability Numerical Data Polishing References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Sapwood Color Scientific Name Synonyms Texture Trade Name Tree Size Scientific Name Leucaena glauca Trade Name Acacia Family Name Leguminosae Synonyms Acacia glauca, Leucaena latisiliqua, Leucaena leucocephala Common Names Figure Interlocked Distinct (figure) Acacia, Acacia pallida, Acle, Amon, Aroma blanca, Aroma boba, Aroma mansa, Barba de leon, Bois bourro, Bois lollo, Bolillo, Campeche, Canafistula dimonte, Cascahuite, Chajal, Chajlib, Chamba, Chashi Durote Gaucamayo de montana Giant ipil-ipil Grains de lin pays Granadillo bobo Granadino Granalino Guaje Guajillo Guaxi Guje de castilla Heoindilla Hoatzin Huashi Huatsin Ipil-ipil Jimbay Jocoro Jumby bean Jumpy bean Kiulilac Koa haole Lamtora Leadtree Leleques Leucaena Lino Lino criollo Macata blanc Monval Pacapaca Panelo Pete Santa helena Shack-shack Tamarindillo Tantan Tumbarabu Uaxi Uaxin Vachi blanco Veranero West Indies mimoja White popinac Wild mimoja Wild taman Wild tamarind Xaxim Yaje Zarcilla Zarza blanca Regions of Distribution Africa, Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, United States, Venezuela Common Uses Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Light construction, Posts, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods Heartwood Color Yellow to golden-yellow to orange Reddish brown Dark brown Brown Sapwood Color White to yellow Grain Even Straight Figure Weak (figure) Texture Coarse Fine Natural Durability Perishable Non-durable Non-resistant to termites Non-resistant to marine borers Susceptible to insect attack Durable Ease of Drying Rapidly Kiln Drying Rate Naturally dries quickly Tree Size Tree height is 0-10 m Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Easy to machine Polishing Good results Numerical Data Item Green Dry English References E.H. Walker,1954,Important Trees of the Ryukyu Islands,United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Special Bulletin,No. 3 Escolano et al, E.U.,1978,Proximate Chemical Composition of Giant Ipil - Ipil (Leucaena bucocephala,Wood from Different Sources,Forpride Digest 7(1) pp18-21 Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249 Nation Research Council,1980,Firewood Crops Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production,National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. Oakes, A.J.,1968,Leucaena bucocephola - Description - Culture - Utilization,Advancing Frontiers of Plant Sciences Vol.20 pp1-114 Pennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press