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Gliricidia sepium

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	evergreen, deciduous, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	30	12	44	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	2300	600	3500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	6	6	19	19	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1600	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.2	4.5	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	fire	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	180	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	leaves
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	firebreaks	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
environmental	windbreak	entire plant
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	support	entire plant
material	timber wood	bark
material	honey	flowers
medicinal		leaves
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
fuels	fuelwood	bark
poison	mammals	seeds
poison	mammals	leaves
poison	mammals	roots
poison	mammals	stems