Leucaena pulverulenta (Schltdl.) Benth.

Leucaena pulverulenta (Schl.) Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4: 417. 1842
Acacia puhendenta Schl. Linnaea 12: 571. 18.^8.
A tree up to about 18 ra. high, with a trunk 4-5 dm. in diameter, the young twigs and leaves and the peduncles densely whitish-puberulent, the older twigs and foliage nearly glabrous; stipules minute, caducous; petioles 2-4 cm. long, bearing an elliptic-orbicular gland below the lower pair of pinnae; pinnae 10-20 pairs, very short-stalked; leaflets 15-30 pairs, linear, acute or obtuse, 3-6 mm. long, the midvein somewhat excentric; peduncles fascicled in the axils, slender, 2-3 cm. long; invo'ucre wanting; flower-heads oblong ; flowers densely white-strigose; calyx 1-1.5 mm. long; petals linear-spatulate, acute, 3-4 times as long as the calyx; legume linear, 10-27 cm. long, 16-19 mm. wide, glabrous, short-tipped, the stipe 1-2 cm. long.
Type locality: Banks of the Misantla Riven San Antonio, Veracruz. Distribution: Southern Texas to Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Veracruz.

Perennial, Trees, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Stems silvery, canescent, tomentose, cobwebby, or wooly, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers sessile or nearly so, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Petals united, valvate, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Stamens long exserted, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Acacia pulverulenta é uma espécie de leguminosa do gênero Acacia, pertencente à família Fabaceae.

Leucaena pulverulenta là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được (Schltdl.) Benth. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên.