Monday, May 25, 2015

Trees of Mexico Wild Tamarind or Lead Tree

Wild Tamarind or Lead Tree (English),     Guaje (Spanish) Uaxim (Maya) Leucaena leucocephala. Fabaceae Family. Native to Mexico.  Mayans use its branches for charcoal and firewood and for fencing.  Seeds and bark also use for healing remedies. Grows wild in the Maya forest, grayish trunk; foliage nutritional for feeding ruminants, bipinnate leaflets, yellow-cream small pompom like fuzzy blooms; gives abundant brown rusted color pendant seed pods in May and June.

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