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White Lead Popinac - Ipil Ipil

Ipil Ipil Flower
Leucaena leucocephala or White Lead tree is native to mexico and central America. It is introduced to Sri Lanka as "Ipil Ipil" for Animal food, Charcoal, and Fire wood. Fast growing and fast distribution tree now naturalized throughout the country and became an Invasive weed that found on road sideways, wasteland or forest borders. None effective promotional was damage to the ecosystem and it is now consider as a Noxious weed.
Ipil Ipil Flowers and Buds
Common Classification
Common NamesWhite Lead tree
Scientific NameLeucaena leucocephala
Sinhala NameIpil Ipil
Scientific Classification
FamilyLeguminosae
GenusLeucaena
SpeciesL. leucocephala
SynonymLeucaena glauca , Mimosa glauca
Ecology
CategoryWeed
Growth HabitTree
DurationPerennial
OriginExotic
StatusNoxious-Invasive 
Property
Culinary / EdibleNo
Use as HerbNo
Other UseIndustrial Timber Firewood n/a
Poisoned / ToxinNo
Identification
Leaves and sapling of Ipil Ipil
Pod and seeds and flowers - Ipil Ipil
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