Leucaena

Contents

• Chapter 1: What is leucaena?
• Chapter 2: Where does leucaena grow?
• Chapter 3: Varieties and seeds
• Chapter 4: Nursery management
• Chapter 5: Field preparation and planting
• Chapter 6: Management and protection
• Chapter 7: Harvest
• Chapter 8: Utilization
• Chapter 9: Alternate uses
• Additional reading

Acknowledgments

LEUCAENA WOOD PRODUCTION AND USE is a practical manual prepared for NFTA by a panel of authors during the IDRC-sponsored conference on leucaena (Singapore, Nov., 1982). A sister publication, LEUCAENA FORAGE PRODUCTION AND USE will soon be released. NFTA encourages enquiries on overrun copies by interested development institutions.

Editors:

• Dr. Rick J. Van Den Beldt, Executive Secretary, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association.
• Dr. James L. Brewbaker, President, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association.

Authors:

• James L. Brewbaker
• Frank H. Denton
• Ta-Wei Hu
• E. Mark Hutton
• Raymond J. Jones
• Kenneth G. MacDicken
• Rick J. Van Den Beldt

Artist: Neil Baldoza

Published by: Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, PO Box 680, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 96795 USA.

With support from:

• International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, Canada
• Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, 196 Phahonyothin Road, Bangkhen, Bangkok, Thailand