Gliricidia

Proceedings of an international workshop on the uses and management of gliricidia held April 1987 at CA TIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica were published in NFTRR Volume 5, and the Gliricidia production and use manual is now available from NFTA.

Chapter 10 1996

To maximize foliage production, some nitrogen fixing trees, such as Gliricidia septum and various Erythrina species, can be planted in dense stands in pastures or near pens for cut-and carry feeding to livestock.

Chapter 6 1996

Some species, such as Gliricidia septum, are easily propagated from cuttings which can be used instead of seed as the basis for multiplication.

Chapter 9 1996

Many fodder trees such as Gliricidia and Sesbania contain very little or no toxic compounds.

Chapter 5 1994

For other trees such as Gliricidia, you should not let the pods dry on the tree, or they may shatter and a lot of seeds will be lost.

Chapter 7 1994

Gliricidia which is planted the same time as the coffee is specially important as a shade crop throughout the first few years of the establishment of the coffee crop.

1. Multistoried Sequential Cropping: The Cavite Model 1992

Today, the most common vegetation is represented by Crescentia cujete, Guazuma ulmifolia, Cassia fistula, Bursera graveolens, Spondias mombin, Bauhinia picta, Ceiba pentandra and Gliricidia sepium.

Patía Valley dry forests 2008

For example, in south-western Nigeria, especially around the city of Ibadan, farmers claim Gliricidia septum to be an effective fallow species which restores land productivity for food crops after a fallow of only two years.

Harnessing the opportunities for environment and development in Africa 2008

Gliricidia seeds well in some areas and not at all in others.

Chapter 8 1996

Maize yields in Flemingia macrophylla (F.m.) alleys compared to control plots and alleys of Gliricidia sepium (G.s.) and Cassia siamea (C.s.) in a trial at IITA, Nigeria, are compared in the following table (Yamoah et al. 1986b):

Chapter 8 1996