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Fabaceae
Coffeebush
Leucaena leucocephala
Also known as Stinking weed, Foetid cassia, Coffee senna, Mimosa leucocephala
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Coffeebush · Leucaena · Tropical Shrub · Fast Growing · Nitrogen Fixing · Legume · Agroforestry · Fodder Plant · Perennial Shrub · Fabaceae
Coffeebush is a vigorous, fast-growing tropical shrub that thrives in warm climates with moderate water and full to partial sun. It tolerates a range of soil types but performs best in well-drained, fertile ground. Prune regularly to manage its size and prevent it from outcompeting neighboring plants.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow top inch to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 5–8.7
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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