Subject: Re: Leucaena

From: "Mike Morris" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 13:44:48 GMT+0200

> "The foliage contains a posonous amino acid, mimosine, that causes loos of hair
> in some animals. However, useful as cattle feed in a 1:2 leucaena:grass ratio."
> 
> There is more info on uses and culture. If you can't get a copy, let me know if
> you want more of the article printed here.

Leucaena was mainly planted in the Northern Transvaal areas of South 
Africa as a firewood tree, for which (I believe) it is eminently 
suited, since it is fast growing.  Other uses were secondary.

Last I heard they were having problems because L is susceptible to
some disease (viral? fungal?) making its way southwards through
Africa.

(Between houses, all reference info in boxes, so no more available 
right now...)

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