The plant is exotic so it becomes very hard to have a traditional local name, when the plants are imported many time we start using the Latin name as common name and some time we end up giving some fancy name according to its character..
well Gliricidia in Maharashtra known by name 'Undir-Maar' & 'Giripushpa', Undir maar meaning killing rats, which is also a meaning of Gliricidia. and Giripushpa bcoz of its leaf manure. reagards, On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes it is , an important green manure in Kerala also. > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Tamil name: விவசாய தகரை (Vivasaaya thagarai). >> Vivasaaya = agricultural; Thagarai = Cassia (C. tora). >> My GUESS on its etymology: The plant is a relative of 'thagarai' and the >> leaves used as green manure in agricultural fields (so the name >> 'vivasaaya'). >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:47 PM, ajinkya gadave >> <ajinkyagad...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> marathi name is गिरिपुष्प (giripushpa) >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Dev Kumar < >>> dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Quickstick (Gliricidia sepium) in flower.... a tree native to Central >>>> America and Mexico which grows well in India... Plenty in Mhow (MP), >>>> rare in Delhi. Also known as - Nicaraguan Shade Tree, Cocoa Shade, >>>> Spotted Gliricidia, mexican lila >>>> >>>> I have not heard of any local name. Pradip Krishen's field guide >>>> "Trees of Delhi" confirmed this. It actually mentions "no local >>>> name"... >>>> Has any member heard of any Indian name? >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *Vijayadas > **Riyadh -11462 , KSA > * > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
