Gliricidia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gliricidia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Gliricidia (rodent-poison, from the seeds). Leguminosae. Eight or 10 woody plants, Cuba and Mex., to S. Amer., differing from Robinia in the wingless or marginless pods and coriaceous valves. Lvs. odd-pinnate, the lfts. entire: fls. rose-colored, racemose or fasciculate; calyx-teeth short and broad, the 2 upper ones joined; standard large, reflexed; wings falcate- oblong; keel incurved, obtuse; ovary stipitate, many- ovuled, becoming a broad-linear 2-valved pod G. platycarpa, Griseb., of Cuba, is offered in S. Fla.: tree, to 25 ft.: lfts. 7-9, ovate or ovate-oblong, glabrous, the margins undulate: corolla pink or purplish; stigma ciliate: pod sessile, piano-compressed, lanceolate-oblong 8-seeded. G. maculata. HBK. (Lonchocarpus maculatus, DC.), Guatemala to S. Amer., is reported as in cult, in S. Fla.: small tree: lfts. about 17. oblong, obtuse, somewhat appressed-pilose above and blackish-spotted and glaucescent beneath: pod linear, compressed, with thickened margin. L. H. B. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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