white popinac

English

white popinac, Leucaena leucocephala

Noun

white popinac (plural white popinacs)

1. A small fast-growing mimosoid tree (Leucaena leucocephala), native to southern Mexico and northern Central America, now naturalized throughout the tropics.

Synonyms

• (Leucana leucocephala): white leadtree, jumbay, river tamarind

References

• “white popinac”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Leucaena leucocephala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Leucaena leucocephala on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Leucaena leucocephala on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Leucaena leucocephala at USDA Plants database