%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
%A - ICRISAT
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
%D 2002
%L icrisat3788
%X Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. (syn. Gliricidia
maculata H.B.K.) is a fast growing, tropical, leguminous
tree. It is one of the commonest and best-known
multipurpose trees in many parts of Central America,
Mexico, West Africa, West Indies, South Asia, and
tropical Americas. The tree is used for timber,
firewood, hedges, medicinal purpose, charcoal, live
fences, plantation shade, poles, soil.............

%T Giricidia for improving Soil Fertility