Gliricidia sepium - Wikipedia
Gliricidia sepium is a medium-sized tree that grows 10–12 m (33–39 ft) high. The bark is smooth, and its color can range from a whitish gray to deep red-brown. The flowers are located on the end of branches that have no leaves.
Gliricidia - Wikipedia
Gliricidia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and tribe Robinieae. Its native range is Mexico to Peru, but Gliricidia sepium has been widely introduced to other tropical zones.
Gliricidia sepium - Useful Tropical Plants - The Ferns
2024年10月13日 · Gliricidia sepium is a plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,600 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 15 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 44°c
Gliricidia sepium fact sheet: Establishment, management and ...
2019年5月18日 · Gliricidia sepium, commonly known as ‘gliricidia’, is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing shrub, exotic to Kenya but native to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and the ...
Gliricidia sepium - Tropical Forages
Flowers bright pink to lilac, tinged with white, usually with a diffuse pale yellow spot at the base of the standard petal, calyx glabrous, green, often tinged red. Standard petal round and nearly erect, approximately 20 mm long; keel petals 15‒20 mm long, 4‒7 mm wide.
Gliricidia sepium (gliricidia) | CABI Compendium
In its native range G. sepium is found on a wide range of soil types from pure sand, on coastal dunes to heavy black clay vertisols, but is most commonly found on freely drained, rocky, superficial, skeletal, unstratified regasols of volcanic or alluvial origin.
Gliricidia sepium – the quintessential agroforestry species
Gliricidia sepium is a versatile, fast-growing tree favored by farmers for living fences, fuel, fodder, green manure, shade, support for crops, and erosion control. Common names include madre de cacao, mata ratón, palo de hierro, cocoite (Central America), kakawati (Philippines), gamal (Indonesia), quick stick (Jamaica) and gliricidia.