The use of participatory research methods in evaluating tree legumes has received little attention among researchers because of the widely-held assumption that data generated in this way are qualitative and not amenable to statistical testing. Using a participatory tool called a bao game, 112...

The potential as tropical fodder crops of 22 taxa and 5 interspecific hybrids of Leucaena was evaluated in Honduras. Crude protein, organic matter, acid detergent fibre, neutral detergent fibre, total tannin and condensed tannin (proanthocyanidin), and in vitro digestibility were estimated. The...

Twenty-two taxa and 5 interspecific hybrids of Leucaena, grown together on a site in Honduras, were evaluated in terms of their potential value as tropical fodder crops. Content of crude protein, organic matter, acid detergent fibre, neutral detergent fibre, total tannin and condensed tannin...

Species delimitation in Leucaena is discussed, and one new species (L. lempirana, a small slender tree 4-15 (-20) m tall) and two new subspecies (L. macrophylla subsp. istmensis, L. leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana) are described. Four new combinations are proposed: L. magnifica (for L. shannonii...

Ethnobotanical information about uses, management and traditional classification of Leucaena esculenta by the Mixtec in Guerrero, Mexico, is presented. This plant is mainly used as human food. Buds of leaves and flowers as well as seeds and young pods are the main edible parts. Size, flavour and...

Ethnobotanical information about uses, management and traditional classification of Leucaena esculenta by the Mixtec in Guerrero, Mexico, is presented. This plant is mainly used as human food. Buds of leaves and flowers as well as seeds and young pods are the main edible parts. Artificial selection ...

Field experiments were conducted in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (96⁰ 17′ N and 19⁰ 06′ W), during 1994-96 to determine the effectiveness of stem traps and extracts from potentially insecticidal plants for the control of Cosmopolites sordidus and phytopathogenic nematodes of the genera Meloidogyne, ...

Phytogeographical, morphological, and molecular evidence for the widespread but sporadic occurrence of sterile hybrids between Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata and L. esculenta subsp. esculenta in south-central Mexico is presented. Most morphological and DNA characters (via restriction...

A taxonomic revision is presented of this genus of shrubs and trees native to America with its centre of diversity lying across Mexico. On the basis of existing literature and a study of morphology and geographical distribution, new infraspecific taxa are described (with Latin diagnoses) belonging...