Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a woody invasive species, <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> in Korea

<i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> (Lam.) de Wit 1961 (Caesalpinioideae; Fabaceae) is a shrub or small tree that has various ecological and economic usefulness. Here, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of <i>L. leucocephala</i> and analyzed its phylogenomic position in the mimosoid clade. The chloroplast genome of <i>L. leucocephala</i> was 167,423 bp with a pair of inverted repeats of 26,058 bp, a large single-copy region of 95,915 bp, and a small single-copy region of 19,392 bp. Genome annotation predicted 114 genes, including 80 protein-coding, 30 tRNA, and four rRNA genes. The phylogenomic analyses showed that <i>Leucaena</i> was closely related to <i>Dichrostachys</i> in the core mimosoid clade.