Hello all Vast areas and barren hillls are planted with Gliricidia in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Osmanabad, Pune, Washim and Akola. the tree adapt it self to the environment and grows quickly. even when the trunk is cut down the coppice grows very fast and forms the green cover. the locals used it for fuel wood. i have observed the plants growing under the canopy of gliricidia plantation, and would like to mention that very few plants could survive under it. only a few grasses could be found growing under it. the thick layer of dried fallen leaves also hinder the growth of other herbs.
Regards Satish Pardeshi On Apr 14, 10:27 am, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rashidaji for the information. > Regards, > Mani. > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:44 AM, rashida atthar > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Mani ji according to the book 'Trees of Mumbai', the scientific name > > Gliricidia is derived from the Spanish name 'Mata Raton' meaning mouse > > killer. 'Gliris' means mouse and 'Caedo' means killer. Sepium means hedge, > > the tree is sometimes planted as a hedge. Further the book mentions that in > > cocoa plantations it is grown as a shade tree, when grown as a hedge along > > crop fields, it acts as a wind breaker. The bark of the tree is powdered and > > mixed with rice/ maize flour baits set up to kill rats. > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:13:24 +0530 > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:32227] Gliricidia sepium > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > > I believe that the bark of the trees is used as a rat poison. > > > Please clarify. > > > Regards, > > > Mani. > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Dear Yazdyji, > > I have been trying without success to get a sapling of Gliricidia sepium > > as we have a rat menace at our apartment compound. A family of bandicoots > > has made itself so well entrenched that their burrows have killed a row of > > various coloured Ceasalpinia pulcherrima > > adjacent to our compound wall. The one cutting I obtained did not root, > > (inspite of it being called Quickstick)! > > My neihbours have tried Rat poison but it has not worked. > > > In 1960, my uncle had planted a whole lot of these saplings to give shelter > > to teak seedlings he had planted on his land, which was on a small hill > > behind the farmhouse at a village (Ghunpur) near Nizamabad. He had hoped > > that a teak forest would make the summers more bearable. > > > I too would love to obtain some seeds from you. > > Rgds, > > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Dear Tanay, > > Just tell me how much you require, I will send you mature pods or > > seeds that have been dispersed when the pods burst. > > I have a few thousand of these trees. They form excellent green > > manure, they nourish the soil by fixing nitrogen and they are very > > good standards for cultivating black pepper. Ultimately if and when > > you think of cutting them, they give very good timber for small > > furniture as good as teak. > > The flowers provide plenty of nectar for my honey bees too. > > Regards > > Yazdy. > > > -- > > 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > ------------------------------ > > The battle for the FIH Hockey World Cup Drag n' > > drop<http://specials.msn.co.in/sp10/hockey/index.aspx> -- 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.
