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Leucaena leucocephala is native to Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is now found naturalised in most tropical and subtropical countries in the Caribbean, south Asia, southeast Asia and the Pacific islands, including New guinea, Australia and Hawaii.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Leucaena leucocephala. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_86

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