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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) int Eurasia and Africa (tropics)

SC SE

M[L]

D[E]

hel hyg->xer acid->basi calc

dr (juice of leaves is a remedy for baldness, leaves bath for fever and pain, leaves decoction for fatigue and cold often mixed with the leaves from Annona squamosa, leaves poultice for skin disease, bruises and wound, leaves tea for gonorhea and sinus inflammation, roots tea taken orally for kidney ailments, edema and hepatitis, roots are scraped for kidney trouble, jaundice and dropsy) fd (flowers, honey) fr (cattle, honeyflowers, leaves) fw (charcoal, fuel) ma pl (crop for firewood, garden boundary tree, living fences, ornamental, shade for cacao and coffee) sa (agricultural shade, azote fixation, green manure, land stabilization prior to reforestation, live fences, soil stabilization and improvement) ti (cabinet work, culvert, fence posts, furniture, heartwood for posts, heavy durable construction, house posts, marquetry, mill foundation, ornamental boxes, posts, railroad ties, rough lumber, tool handles, tools, turned work) tx (ground bark, seeds and leaves are mixed with cooked grain and used to poison rats and mice, juice of leaves is poisonous for rodents and dogs, leaves are toxic to horses, roots, bark and seeds are toxic to man)

Galedupa pungam Blanco Gliricidia lambii Fernald Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Griseb. Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.) DC. Millettia luzonensis A.Gray Robinia sepium Jacq. Robinia variegata Schltdl.

Mexican gliricidia; Aoron's rod (Jamaica); cocoa shade (Trinidad); grow stick (Jamaica); madre, madre of cocoa, madura, madura shade tree, Mexican lilac; mother-of-cocoa (Puerto Rico); Nicaragua cocoa-shade (Trinidad); Nicaraguan; pea-tree (Virgin Islands); quick stick (Jamaica); quick-stick (Guyana, Jamaica); quick stock, St-Vincent plum, St. Vincent plum (Jamaica)

gliricidia du Mexique; gliceridia (Guadeloupe); glicéridia, gliciridia; gliricidia (Guadeloupe); immortelle, lilas étranger, piyon (Haiti)

acacia (Cuba); almácigo extranjero (Dominican Republic); amor y celos (Cuba); baba, bala, balo (Panama); bien vestida, bien vestido (Cuba); cacagua, cacaguance (Honduras); cacahuanance (El Salvador); cacahuananche, cacahuanano (Mexico); cacahuete (Philippines); chanté, cocoíte, cocuite (Mexico); desnudo florecido (Cuba); flor de San Jose (Mexico); floresco (Cuba); frijolillo (Mexico); madera negra (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); madero negro (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); madero nigro (Nicaragua); madrarde cacao (South America); madre cacao (Honduras); madre de cacao (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South America); madreado (Honduras, Nicaragua); madrecacao (Colombia, Nicaragua); madriado, madrial (Honduras); madura (Trinidad); mata raton (Panama); mata ratón (Panama, Puerto Rico); mata ráton (Mexico); mata-ratón (Nicaragua, Panama); mataraton, mataratón (Nicaragua); matarratón (Colombia); michiguiste (Nicaragua); muite, muiti, palo de corral (Mexico); palo de hierro (El Salvador, Nicaragua); palo de parque (Dominican Republic); pinón florido, piñon amoroso (Cuba); piñon de Cuba (Dominican Republic); piñon florido (Cuba); piñón (Haiti); piñón amoroso (Cuba, Dominican Republic); piñón cubano, piñón de Cuba, piñón de parque (Dominican Republic); piñón florido, piñón violento (Cuba); primavera, sakyab (Mexico); sangre de drago, sangro de drago (Costa Rica); sayab (Mexico); varita de San José (Dominican Republic); yaité (Mexico)

agala, agunmaniye (yoruba); cocuite (nahuatl, Mexico); cuchunuc (zoque); gamal (Indonesia); guie-niiza (zapoteco); jelelte (huasteco); kakawate (Philippines); lila etranje (creole, Haiti); lipa-ca-sui-la (chontal); madera, madura (Nicaragua); mataratón (Netherlands Antilles); mòtèl, piyon, piyong (creole, Haiti); ratonera (Netherlands Antilles); tunduti (mixteco); ujcum (tzeltal); xabyaab (maya); yaga-le (zapoteco); yerba di tonka (Netherlands Antilles)

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Latin name	Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) int Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer acid->basi calc
Use	dr (juice of leaves is a remedy for baldness, leaves bath for fever and pain, leaves decoction for fatigue and cold often mixed with the leaves from Annona squamosa, leaves poultice for skin disease, bruises and wound, leaves tea for gonorhea and sinus inflammation, roots tea taken orally for kidney ailments, edema and hepatitis, roots are scraped for kidney trouble, jaundice and dropsy) fd (flowers, honey) fr (cattle, honeyflowers, leaves) fw (charcoal, fuel) ma pl (crop for firewood, garden boundary tree, living fences, ornamental, shade for cacao and coffee) sa (agricultural shade, azote fixation, green manure, land stabilization prior to reforestation, live fences, soil stabilization and improvement) ti (cabinet work, culvert, fence posts, furniture, heartwood for posts, heavy durable construction, house posts, marquetry, mill foundation, ornamental boxes, posts, railroad ties, rough lumber, tool handles, tools, turned work) tx (ground bark, seeds and leaves are mixed with cooked grain and used to poison rats and mice, juice of leaves is poisonous for rodents and dogs, leaves are toxic to horses, roots, bark and seeds are toxic to man)
Synonym	Galedupa pungam Blanco Gliricidia lambii Fernald Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Griseb. Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.) DC. Millettia luzonensis A.Gray Robinia sepium Jacq. Robinia variegata Schltdl.
English name	Mexican gliricidia; Aoron's rod (Jamaica); cocoa shade (Trinidad); grow stick (Jamaica); madre, madre of cocoa, madura, madura shade tree, Mexican lilac; mother-of-cocoa (Puerto Rico); Nicaragua cocoa-shade (Trinidad); Nicaraguan; pea-tree (Virgin Islands); quick stick (Jamaica); quick-stick (Guyana, Jamaica); quick stock, St-Vincent plum, St. Vincent plum (Jamaica)
French name	gliricidia du Mexique; gliceridia (Guadeloupe); glicéridia, gliciridia; gliricidia (Guadeloupe); immortelle, lilas étranger, piyon (Haiti)
Spanish name	acacia (Cuba); almácigo extranjero (Dominican Republic); amor y celos (Cuba); baba, bala, balo (Panama); bien vestida, bien vestido (Cuba); cacagua, cacaguance (Honduras); cacahuanance (El Salvador); cacahuananche, cacahuanano (Mexico); cacahuete (Philippines); chanté, cocoíte, cocuite (Mexico); desnudo florecido (Cuba); flor de San Jose (Mexico); floresco (Cuba); frijolillo (Mexico); madera negra (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); madero negro (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); madero nigro (Nicaragua); madrarde cacao (South America); madre cacao (Honduras); madre de cacao (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South America); madreado (Honduras, Nicaragua); madrecacao (Colombia, Nicaragua); madriado, madrial (Honduras); madura (Trinidad); mata raton (Panama); mata ratón (Panama, Puerto Rico); mata ráton (Mexico); mata-ratón (Nicaragua, Panama); mataraton, mataratón (Nicaragua); matarratón (Colombia); michiguiste (Nicaragua); muite, muiti, palo de corral (Mexico); palo de hierro (El Salvador, Nicaragua); palo de parque (Dominican Republic); pinón florido, piñon amoroso (Cuba); piñon de Cuba (Dominican Republic); piñon florido (Cuba); piñón (Haiti); piñón amoroso (Cuba, Dominican Republic); piñón cubano, piñón de Cuba, piñón de parque (Dominican Republic); piñón florido, piñón violento (Cuba); primavera, sakyab (Mexico); sangre de drago, sangro de drago (Costa Rica); sayab (Mexico); varita de San José (Dominican Republic); yaité (Mexico)
Other name	agala, agunmaniye (yoruba); cocuite (nahuatl, Mexico); cuchunuc (zoque); gamal (Indonesia); guie-niiza (zapoteco); jelelte (huasteco); kakawate (Philippines); lila etranje (creole, Haiti); lipa-ca-sui-la (chontal); madera, madura (Nicaragua); mataratón (Netherlands Antilles); mòtèl, piyon, piyong (creole, Haiti); ratonera (Netherlands Antilles); tunduti (mixteco); ujcum (tzeltal); xabyaab (maya); yaga-le (zapoteco); yerba di tonka (Netherlands Antilles)
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