Gliricidia sepium
Agro-ecological Zone |
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Low and medium |
Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
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Fast | Pruning, Cutting back | No | Deciduous | Rwanda |
Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
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Rwanda | 600-3500 | 15-30 | 0-1600 | It performs well on marginally saline vertisols but will not tolerate very acidic soils |
Kinyarwanda |
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Girisidiya |
Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
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Fabaceae | Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Medicine, Fodder, Bee Forage, Bean Stakes | Scattered in cropland, Along soil conservation structures | Gliricidia sepium | Link | Ornamental, Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through nitrogen-fixing | Link |
Origin | Location |
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Exotic | Bugesera |