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Gliricidia sepium.jpg

Gliricidia sepium  (Jacq.) Walp.

Nicaraguan Cocoa Shade

Plants > Angiosperms > Fabaceae > ​​​Gliricidia sepium

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: ​​Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gliricidia
Species: sepium


  • Common names: Nicaraguan Cocoa Shade
  • Thai names: แคฝรั่ง khae farang (Bangkok)
  • Chinese names: 
  • Distribution: Native: Belize, Brazil North, Brazil South, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean.    Introduced: Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zimbabwe
  • Image locations: Mae Hong Son (Pang Mapha)
  • Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
  • Additional notes: ID credit Khun Mapraw
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Image locations

Images of Gliricidia sepium from Thailand.
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Gliricidia sepium, Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son, March 2018
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Gliricidia sepium, Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son, March 2018

References: 
​The Plant List
Forest Herbarium - BKF
KEW Plants of the Worldonline
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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