Different species of Leucaena have been used traditionally by indigenous people of Mexico and Central America, as part of their subsistence activities that take advantages of all plant resources available in the natural environment; however, this does not implies an intensive use of leucaena in their farming systems. L. leucocephala is the species more widely used, but it has limitations such as slow growth during establishment, deficient cold tolerance, poor growth on acid soils and susceptibility to defoliating psyllid. These inherent problems of