I have planted one Gliricidia tree in our Society. It is two years old now. Hope to see it flower this summer. In the villages the bark of the tree is used as a rat poison. The leaves of this trees is used as a Green manure.
Regards, Mani. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM, rashida atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes Kiran ji on several occasions Dr. Almeida has expressed his opinion > that the forest should be left to itself, it has its natural way of > adjustment and thriving. He is I suppose speaking from life time spent in > the field and writing on flora. However, inspite of this on a plot at CEC > that I have been studying since over two years now, one fine day I found a > huge Gliricidia tree chopped and fallen across the the end of the plot. I > could not understand the purpose. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:46:18 +0530 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:31851] Gliricidia sepium > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > The Gliricidia species are planted species and hence exotic to SGNP in > Mumbai. Over decades this species have proliferated and now extend well > beyond the tar road on either side, especially at the Goregaon/CEC side of > the park as Ms. Rashida says. According to one of our experts, Marselin > Almeida this tree does not appear to have done any harm to the original > vegetation! > > Cheers, > Kiran Srivastava > Mumbai > > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:37 PM, rashida atthar < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > The very common Gliricidia sepium trees in Mumbai forest lend a colourful > hue for several months. These blooms were seen at the beginning of flowering > season at South end of national park in Mumbai on 16 Jan'10. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > ------------------------------ > The latest auto launches and test drives Drag n' > drop<http://autos.in.msn.com/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > ------------------------------ > Invest your money wisely post Budget Sign up > now.<http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
