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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. (Syn. Galedupa pungam Blanco; Gliricidia lambii Fernald; Gliricidia maculata (Kunth) Walp.; Gliricidia maculata var. multijuga Micheli; Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Griseb.; Lonchocarpus rosea (Mill.) DC.; Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.) DC.; Millettia luzonensis A.Gray; Millettia slendidissima “sensu Naves, non Blume”; Robinia maculata Kunth; Robinia rosea Mill.; Robinia sepium Jacq.; Robinia variegata Schltdl.);
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gly-rih-SY-dee-uh — from the Latin glis (dormouse) and caedo (kill)
SEP-ee-um — of hedges and fences . commonly known as: gliricidia, glory cedar, Mexican lilac, mother of cocoa, Nicaraguan cacao shade, quickstick, St. Vincent plum, tree of iron • Bengali: শারঙ্গ saranga • Kannada: ಗೊಬ್ಬರದ ಮರ gobbarda mara • Malayalam: ശീമ കൊന്ന siima konna • Marathi: गिरिपुष्प giripushpa • Tamil: சீமை அகத்தி seemai agathi • Telugu: madri . Native of: Mexico, Central America and northern South America; cultivated elsewhere .  Gliricidia sepium:
Pl find attached one more photo for id Date/Time-: 12/03/11 – 09:45 – Scientific Name: Gliricidia sepium – Gliricidia Sepium from me, flowers, beans and one little purple rumped sunbird feeding its young one on a Gliricidia Sepium tree. – Great photographs, but this is the female of the Small Sunbird [Crimson-backed Sunbird]. The female of the Purple-rumped Sunbird lacks the red rump which is clearly seen here.
24032011pj1 Id request:
Pl find attached Date/Time-: 12/03/11 – 09:45 – Pink bean like flowers on small trees, with branches growing oddly straight up from the trunk, and small leaves just starting to sprout… seemed to be pinnate.. This spring, I just happen to “discover” this gorgeous pink tree growing in multiple stretches along paddy fields and road side in West Bengal in a region between Uluberia and Gadiara, which is on the bank of river Hooghly/Bhagirathi meets Damodar … so at sea level, in fertile black soil….(googled info says Roopnarayan river meets too, but I have not found it, in reality, nor on any modern map) not knowing the scientific nor the colloquial name of my beautiful find (nobody) in the neighborhood knew the name…. and not being a botanist… I had a hard time ID ing it…. and that’s how I discovered eflora group… and it was exhilarating to track down name, uses, ethnobotany of this tree… my first Gliricidia sepium. – It’s may be Mundulea sericea. please find the seed pods. . One more photo for 24032011pj1 Id request:
Pl find attached one more photo for 24032011pj1 Id request
Searching for local name for:
Quickstick (Gliricidia sepium) in flower…. a tree native to Central America and Mexico which grows well in India… Plenty in Mhow (MP), rare in Delhi. Also known as – Nicaraguan Shade Tree, Cocoa Shade, Spotted Gliricidia, mexican lila I have not heard of any local name. Pradip Krishen’s field guide “Trees of Delhi” confirmed this. It actually mentions “no local name”… Has any member heard of any Indian name? In Malayalam we call it Sheema Konna – ശീമക്കൊന്ന Tamil name: விவசாய தகரை (Vivasaaya thagarai). Yes it is , an important green manure in Kerala also. The plant is exotic so it becomes very hard to have a traditional local name, when the plants are imported many time we start using the Latin name as common name and some time we end up giving some fancy name according to its character..
well Gliricidia in Maharashtra known by name ‘Undir-Maar’ & ‘Giripushpa’, Undir maar meaning killing rats, which is also a meaning of Gliricidia. and Giripushpa bcoz of its leaf manure.
only pod & leaves ID from Hooghly 22-04-12 SK-3: I regret i don’t have any flower of this small tree, only leaves and pod images.
Species : UNKNOWN
Habit & Habitat : small tree (but may grow bigger), roadside plantation
Date : 18-04-12, 2.00 p.m.
Place : Dattapur (Hooghly), WB Looks more like Gliricidia sepium of Fabaceae. … i learn from the net that it is rather new species introduced in India – http://www.flickr.com/photos/46074749@N07/4319334518/ the name in Bengali, saranga was listed in a site called IndFlora, which unfortunately no longer exists. Gliricidia sepium Pl. find the attached file contain photos of Gliricidia sepium
Location; NBNP Garden, Anaikatti,(640 MSL), Coimbatore Dist.,
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Tree This is indeed from Faboideae.
The forest department has planted these trees in large scales all over India. A rapidly growing tree; good nitrogen fixing properties; prevents soil erosion. Of course there are some not so good effects on the habitat. I don’t want to go into the controversies…..
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Gliricidia sepium in northern Western Ghats: gly-rih-SY-dee-uh — from the Latin glis (dormouse) and caedo (kill)
SEP-ee-um — of hedges and fences Feb 3, 2008 … at Kohoj Fort, near Manor, Maharashtra
commonly known as: gliricidia, glory cedar, Mexican lilac, mother of cocoa, Nicaraguan cacao shade, quickstick, St. Vincent plum, tree of iron • Bengali: শারঙ্গ saranga • Kannada: ಗೊಬ್ಬರದ ಮರ gobbarda mara • Malayalam: ശീമ കൊന്ന siima konna • Marathi: गिरिपुष्प giripushpa • Tamil: சீமை அகத்தி seemai agathi • Telugu: madri Native of: Mexico, Central America and northern South America; cultivated elsewhere some views: Feb 3, 2008 … at Kohoj Fort, near Manor, Maharashtra Mar 23, 2008 … at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai Mar 11, 2009 … at Purandar Fort, near Pune
Feb 12, 2010, at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week : Trees : Gliricidia sepium:
Gliricidia sepium Non native tree. A commonly planted tree by Forest Dept. in many areas.
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Tree – gliricidia sepium:
Gliricidia sepium (Giripushpa in Marathi) flowers. Some more pictures are enclosed herewith. I have taken some photos of the tree from Kerala but it was not the flowering season.
sending the photograph of Gliricidia sepium from Ranpur
Name of the species: Gliricidia sepium
Family: Fabaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Odisha
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Road side
Altitude: 230 m above msl
Bangalore – RA – Gliricidia sepium – Mexican Lilac Tree – Quickstick:
Tree from Mexico and South America that is used both to provide shade to chocolate trees and also enrich the soil; hence the common name meaning “mother of cocoa.” The wood is durable and useful for posts and railway ties.
It is a small to medium-sized, thornless tree which usually attains a height of 10-12 m. Branching is frequently from the base with basal diameters reaching 50-70 cm.
The bark is smooth but can vary in colour from whitish grey to deep red-brown.
The stem and branches are commonly flecked with small white lenticels.
Infloresences appear as clustered racemes on distal parts on new and old wood, 5-15 cm long, flowers borne singly with 20-40 per raceme. 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.
The best time for the flowers is February to April.
The fruit is a 2-valved long pod.
In various parts of America, the bark is used as rat poison
Is this gliricidia? Thanks in advance.
Gliricidia sepium Thanks … for the ID! Is Gliricidia Sepium common in Indonesia too? found in bangalore It is Gliricidia sepium introduced legume plant grows in hedges, leaves used as a green manure
Tree For ID : Nasik : 080514 : AK-17 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Tree seen in Nasik in a wild area on 4/5/14. First it looked like green pods on the tree from a distance, but the picture shows tender leaves. May be Gliricidium Only species we have in efi so far is Gliricidia sepium Thanks for the update. Yes.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Gliricidia sepium :: Mumbai, Thane :: DVOCT79 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 13 images.
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.
at Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan on March 23, 2008
at Kharghar Hills on February 12, 2010
at Purandar on March 11, 2009
at Kohoj fort on February 3, 2008
TSPNOV2015-24: Images of Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) It is my pleasure to share few images of Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae)
Habit: Medium sized tree
Habitat: An escape occurring by road sides.
Sighting: Roadsides in Chikmagalur, Karnataka about 1000 msl.
Date: 18-11-2014, 22-01-2015 and 16-08-2015 very nice. i have never seen these flowers this close as in the first picture. love it. of course we see it in some parts of southern west bengal but never have taken a twig down to look closely
small tree for ID-16022014-snj2216 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.
small tree i found in a park near by temple, place siddarabetta near bangalore. looks like Millettia Millettia species so far in efi Milletia ovalifolia goes strait.
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Need Help identifying this tree : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Or is it Gliricidia. Gliricidia sepium Fabaceae Yes, it is Gliricidia sepium
MS/APRIL/2020/ID of the tree : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Please ID the tree species. Photo received from my friend in Chennai. No other photos. Could this be a white flowered Glyricidia sepium ? . Tree for Id -ID16072021SH3: 2 high res. images.
Tree for Id pl. Location – Nagpur Date- July, 2021 This looks like the foliage of Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth [Fabaceae]. Yes, it’s … Oh Yes ! Thanks … .
06-03-2022-surajit – Gliricidia sepium ?: 6 images.
yesterday, while returning from school, I came across a roadside tree which is new to me. I could take only a few photographs with my mobile phone, and that too against the sunlight. I hope you will be able to identify the species with these photographs.
I thank you for your time and effort to help me with the id of this species.
Yes, Gliricidia sepium Thank you Sir, for the id of this tree. Hope to collect its fruit and seed pictures in near future.
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