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Lamtoro,
petai china, or petai bark is a kind of shrub from the tribe of Fabaceae
(Leguminosae, legumes), which is often used in land reforestation or erosion
prevention.
Originating tropical
America, this plant has been introduced to Java for hundreds of years for
agriculture and forestry, and then spread to other islands in Indonesia. This
plant in Malaysia is named after grasshopper petai.
This plant is also known by
various other designations such as pĕlĕnding, peuteuy sélong (Sd.); drought,
mètir, lamtoro and lamtoro gung (large lamtoro, for larger varieties) (Jw.);
and kalandhingan, lantoro (Md.). The names in various foreign languages, among
them: petai grasshopper, petai jawa (Mly.); lamandro (PNG); ipil-ipil, elena,
kariskis (Fil.); krathin (Thai); leucaena, white leadtree (Ingg.); and
leucaene, faux mimosa (Prc.). The species name, leucocephala (= 'white-headed')
refers to its whitish flower-knobs.
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