Naming
The specific name is derived from the Greek words λευκό, meaning "white", and κέφαλος, meaning "head", referring to its flowers. "L. leucocephala" is used for a variety of purposes, such as firewood, fiber and livestock fodder.
Food
The young pods are edible and occasionally eaten with Javanese vegetables salad with spicy peanut sauce and spicy fish wrapped in papaya or taro leaves in Indonesia, papaya salad in Laos and in Thailand, where they are known as "phak krathin".References:
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