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Subject
Leguminosae. Leucaena esculenta (DC.) Benth. subsp. esculenta
Transcription
Mimosa esculenta Sp. Na. -- Acacia esculenta
Icones
185
Corresp.
DC 209
Ref.
Prodr. 2: 470, 1825. Pl. Nov. Hisp. 178, 1890; ed. 2, 165, 1893.
Notes
"Fructus avide eduntur ab Indis, callidi et aphrodisiaei."