Quickstick Tree
Gliricidia sepium
Also known as Agriculturist's Bush, The Spotted Gliricidia
About Quickstick Tree
Gliricidia sepium, often simply referred to as gliricidia or by its Spanish common name madre de cacao (calque of Nahuatl cacahuanāntli; also anglicized as mother of cocoa), is a medium size leguminous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is an important multi-purpose legume tree, with a native range from Mexico to Colombia, but now widely introduced to other tropical zones.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gliricidia sepium
- Genus
- Gliricidia
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- S.America
- Distribution
- Introduced in tropics of the world
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- Saranga, শারঙ্গ
- Tamil
- சீமை அகத்தி Seemai agathi, கிளைரிசிடியா
- Kannada
- ಗೊಬ್ಬರದ ಮರ Gobbarada mara
- Malayalam
- Seema konna, ശീമക്കൊന്ന, Gliricidia sepium
- Marathi
- गिरीपुष्प Giripushpa, गिरीपुष्प, ग्लिरीसीडीया
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Quickstick Tree belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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