Gliricidia Sepium Tree Seeds: Fast-Growing Green Manure & Shade Tree

• Family : Leguminosae
• Common Name : Gliricidia
• Telugu Name : Madri
• Flowering : Light pink flowers appear in November to December.
• Fruiting : Fruits ripen in January to February.
• Morphology of the Fruit/Seed : Pods 8 to 12 cm yellowish brown when ripe, 8 to 10 seeds per pod.
• Seeds light brown coloured, oval.
• Seed Collection and Storage : Pods are collected in February to March before they dehisce on the tree and dried in the sun for 3 to 4 days to separate the seeds. Viability is retained for one year.

Pretreatments recommended:

• Seed is soaked in hot water, allowed to cool off during the night and sown the next morning.
• Nursery Technique : Two seeds per polybag are dibbled in March. Watering is done regularly. Overhead shade is essential.
• Germination is noticed within 10 days. The seedlings attain plantable size by July. It is easily propagated by cutting when there is ample soil moisture.
• germination percentage:80%..no.of .seeds:8000

Seed Rate

• For 3/1 spacing 1333 plants/ acre
• For 4/1 spacing 1000 plants/ acre