Definitions
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- noun any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous
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Examples
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Deep-rooted shrubby legumes, such as gliricidia or leucaena, remain green well into the dry season and have high protein contents.
14 Domestic Rabbit 1991
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Filipino farmers traditionally have planted gliricidia to supply the fuelwood needed for curing tobacco.
Chapter 10 1996
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Evaluations of gliricidia as animal feed for beef and dairy cattle, chickens, sheep and goats have shows promising results.
Chapter 10 1996
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Filipinos seek old gliricidia stumps for orchid props.
Chapter 10 1996
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Foliage of the tree legumes gliricidia, leucaena, and sesbania as a supplement to napier grass diets for growing goats.
Chapter 10 1996
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Wide soil and climatic adaptability characterize gliricidia.
Chapter 10 1996
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Vanilla in Uganda, pepper in Costa Rica and passionfruit in Sri Lanka all are commonly supported by gliricidia.
Chapter 10 1996
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A traditional African cropping system uses gliricidia as a support plant for yams and then as a fallow crop to rebuild soil fertility (Agboola et.al. 1982).
Chapter 10 1996
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Leafless sticks 0. 5-2 m in length root with ease in almost any soil (Simmonds 1951), making gliricidia a favored tree for fences and boundaries that can be periodically lopped for firewood and animal feed.
Chapter 10 1996
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L. diversifolia produces a lighter shade than gliricidia.
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