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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.)Walp.

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Gliricidia sepium unripe fruit
Gliricidia sepium unripe fruit
Gliricidia sepium tree
Gliricidia sepium tree
Gliricidia sepium seeds
Gliricidia sepium seeds
Gliricidia sepium leaf twig
Gliricidia sepium leaf twig
Gliricidia sepium fruit
Gliricidia sepium fruit
Gliricidia sepium bark
Gliricidia sepium bark
Gliricidia sepium flower
Gliricidia sepium flower
Gliricidia sepium unripe fruit
Gliricidia sepium tree
Gliricidia sepium seeds
Gliricidia sepium leaf twig
Gliricidia sepium fruit
Gliricidia sepium bark
Gliricidia sepium flower
🗒 Synonyms
synonymGaledupa pungam Blanco
synonymGliricidia lambii Fernald
synonymGliricidia maculata (Kunth)Walp.
synonymGliricidia maculata var. multijuga Micheli
synonymLonchocarpus maculatus (Kunth)DC.
synonymLonchocarpus rosea (Mill.)DC.
synonymLonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.)DC.
synonymMillettia luzonensis A.Gray
synonymMillettia slendidissima Sensu Naves, non Blume
synonymRobinia maculata Kunth
synonymRobinia rosea Mill.
synonymRobinia sepium Jacq.
synonymRobinia variegata Schltdl.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • শারঙ্গ Saranga
English
  • Mother of cocoa
  • Spotted Gliricidia
Hin
  • --
Kannada
  • Gobbaradgidda
  • ಗೊಬ್ಬರದ ಮರ Gobbarda Mara
Malayalam
  • ശീമ കൊന്ന Siima Konna
Marathi
  • गिरिपुष्प Giripushpa
Other
  • Gliricidia
  • Glory Cedar
  • Mexican Lilac
  • Mother Of Cocoa
  • Nicaraguan Cacao Shade
  • Quick Stick
  • St. Vincent Plum
  • Tree Of Iron
Tamil
  • Vivasaaya Thegarai
  • சீமை அகத்தி Seemai Agathi
Telugu
  • Madri
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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Status UNDER_CREATION
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Short tree with loose canopy, bark smooth, branches softer, long and slender. Leaves bright green above, pale below, crushed leaf smells strong. Flowers in long dense bunches, pinkish. Fruit flat woody, bean like, seeds flat and round.
    Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
    Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Cyclicity
      Leaf Fall

      March--May

      Flowering

      November--December

      Fruiting

      January--February

      Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
      Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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        Reproduction
        Propagation Techniques

        Soak seeds in boiled water for 24hrs and sow next morning.

        Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
        Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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          Dispersal
          Dispersers

          Dispersers: Self

          Pollinators

          Pollinators: Bee,Insect

          Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
          Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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            Size
            Seed Size

            1 cm.

            Tree Height

            5 m.

            Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
            Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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              Growth
              High
              Competitiveness

              Poor

              Where To Plant

              Field border,Avenue,Wet area

              Growth Rate

              fast growing

              Drought Tolerance

              Moderate

              Drainage

              Moderate

              Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
              Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Flower

                In racemes, pink. Flowering from February-April.

                Fruit

                A pod, oblong, continuous between seeds. Fruiting April onwards.

                Leaf Apices

                Acuminate

                Leaf arrangement

                Alternate distichous

                Leaf Bases

                Obtuse

                Leaf Margins

                Entire

                Leaf Shapes

                Elliptic

                Leaf Types

                Imparipinnate

                Habit

                A deciduous tree.

                Keystone Foundation
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                  Tree Type

                  Deciduous

                  Canopy

                  Open

                  Leaf Type

                  Hunse like

                  Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                  Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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                    Miscellaneous Details
                    Interesting Facts

                    Leaves make excellent green manure, and has earned the local name “Gobbrada gidda” which means “Compost tree”. Leaves are nutritious and fed to livestock and poultry to increase productivity.

                    Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                    Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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                      📚 Habitat and Distribution
                      General Habitat
                      Open places, forests
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        Introduced; plains to 1400m. Planted in coffee plantations. Native of South America.
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                          Description
                          Global Distribution

                          India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh; South America

                          Indian Distribution

                          Assam

                          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          References 
                            Throughout India except Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
                            Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                            Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
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                              Endemic Distribution
                              Nativity

                              Endemic

                              Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                              Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                No Data
                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Demography and Conservation
                                Conservation Status
                                Not Evaluated
                                Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  📚 Uses and Management
                                  Uses
                                  The twigs are used as support for bean crops.
                                  Keystone Foundation
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                                    Food:

                                    Food: Inedible

                                    Fodder:

                                    Fodder: Browseresistant

                                    Fuelwood:

                                    Poor fuelwood

                                    Services And Uses

                                    Nitrogen fixing, Wind break, Live fence, Green manure

                                    Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                    Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                    Contributors 
                                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                      📚 Information Listing
                                      References

                                      Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      Floristic diversity of the Indian Cardamom Research Institute campus, Myladumpara, Western Ghats, India

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring changes over half a century

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      Foliicolous fungi of Andaman Islands, India

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Black mildews of Kodagu, Karnataka, India

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      Robust Trapdoor Tarantula Haploclastus validus Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)

                                      Journal of Threatened Taxa

                                      100 Beautiful Trees of India

                                      Ravi Vaidyanathan

                                      Robust Trapdoor Tarantula Haploclastus validus Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)

                                      Swara Yadav
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Meta data
                                      Meta data
                                      Map4.tif
                                      Gliricidia sepium_LC.tif
                                      4 Hunse-like leaf.tif
                                      Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                      Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2054
                                      Contributors 
                                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                        🐾 Taxonomy
                                        RootRoot
                                        KingdomPlantae
                                        PhylumTracheophyta
                                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                        OrderFabales
                                        FamilyFabaceae
                                        GenusGliricidia
                                        SpeciesGliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.
                                        📊 Temporal Distribution
                                        📷 Related Observations
                                        👥 Groups
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