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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.
Synonym
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Galedupa pungam Blanco
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local name
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English
- Spotted
Gliricidia
Malayalam
- Seema
konna
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Flowering and fruiting period
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March-May
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Distribution
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Native of
South America; Introduced and now widely grown in India
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Cultivated
in fields and along fences
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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The plant is a folk remedy for alopecia, boils,
bruises, burns, colds, cough, debility, eruptions, erysipelas, fever,
fractures, gangrene, headache, itch, prickly heat, rheumatism, skin tumours,
ulcers and wounds.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Trees up to 8 m high; bark grey, lenticellate;
branchlets glandular-pubescent. Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate, spiral;
stipules lateral, cauducous. Flowers bisexual, rose-pink, racemes; pedicels
to 2 cm; calyx campanulate, lobes obscure; petals exserted; orbicular, with 2
callosities above claw; wings oblong, auricled; keels obovate, incurved;
stamens 9+1; vexillary stamen free; anthers uniform; ovary half inferior,
sessile, glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod.
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