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Gliricidia sepium
Gliricidia sepium, often simply referred to as Gliricidia (common names: Mata Ratón; Cacao de nance, Cachanance, it is commonly known as "Madreado" in Honduras; Kakawate in the Philippines; Madre Cacao or Madre de Cacao in the Philippines and Guatemala; and Madero negro in Nicaragua), is a medium size leguminous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is considered as the second most important multi-purpose legume tree, surpassed only by Leucaena leucocephala
Spotted on Dec 31, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013
2 Comments
ow, thanks C. Daehler
Minor spelling correction (Gliricidia instead of Gliridia).