littleleaf leadtree Fabaceae Leucaena retusa

Leaf:Alternate, bipinnately compound, 3 to 6 inches long, usually with three pairs of major leaflets, each major leaflet with 10 to 15 pairs of ovate to narrowly lanceolate minor leaflets (1/2 inch long) with entire margins; green to blue-green above, paler below.
Flower:Species is monoecious; many small, yellow to white, in a tight round cluster (balls), to 1 1/2 inch across on a 2 to 3 inch long stalk, fragrant, appearing April through October after rainfall.
Fruit:A straight red-brown flattened pod to 8 inches; ripening spring through fall.
Twig:Slender, green to red-brown, somewhat angled, may be finely pubescent; buds small and wedge-shaped.
Bark:Gray-brown and smooth.
Form:A large shrub or small tree with a broadly spreading crown to 25 feet but more commonly smaller.

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