Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

This introduced shrub is commonly known as leucaena.

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

A medium priority locally significant invasive plant listed in the Fraser Coast Regional Council Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan 2022. Vegetative buds and new growth glabrous or nearly so; calyx lobes only ciliate; pod glabrous (From: Holland, A.E. (2007). Environmental weed profile: Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit. In: Queensland Herbarium Achievements 2005-2006. Environmental Protection Agency, Toowong. https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/8464). 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.

Reported at 8 Fraser Coast localities: Glenorchy, Granville, Teddington, Tinana, Susan River, Owanyilla, Maryborough, Toogoom.