Gliricidia

Gliricidia
Gliricidia sepium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Robinieae
Genus: Gliricidia
Kunth
Species[1]
  • Gliricidia brenningii (Harms) Lavin
  • Gliricidia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Rydb.
  • Gliricidia maculata (H. B. K.) Steud.
  • Gliricidia robustum (M. Sousa & Lavin) Lavin
  • Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Hybosema Harms
  • Yucaratonia Burkart

Gliricidia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. It is a small, deciduous, ornamental tree. The tree is leafless when in flower and bears fruits during April and May in India and countries with same climate. The small flowers (barely 2 cm long) are pale pink and they are borne in dense clusters on bare twigs. Flowers fade to white or a faint purple with age. The flowers attract a lot of bees and some lycaenid butterflies—particularly the Peablue Lampides boeticus and other native birds.

The species Gliricidia sepium is cultivated and used for a variety of purposes in tropical regions.

References

  1. 1 2 Lavin M, Wojciechowski MF, Gasson P, Hughes C, Wheeler E (2003). "Phylogeny of Robinioid Legumes (Fabaceae) Revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia Recircumscribed, and a Biogeographical Appraisal of the Caribbean Endemics" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 387–409.
  2. ↑ Kew


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