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Sumber : Gliricidia Sepium - http://www.paceproject.net/
| Used For |
Description
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| Food | : |
Flowers can be fried and eaten.
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| Fodder | : |
Leaves
are rich in protein and highly digestible for ruminants like goat and
cattle, as they are low in fibre and tannin. There is evidence of
improved animal production (both milk and meat) in large and small
ruminants when Gliricidia is used as a supplement to fodder. However,
non-ruminants fed on Gliricidia sepium have shown clear signs of
poisoning.
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| Apiculture | : |
The flowers attract honeybees (Apis spp.), hence it is an important species for honey production.
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| Fuel | : |
Good for firewood and charcoal production. The wood burns slowly without sparking and with little smoke.
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| Timber | : |
Very
durable and termite resistant; used for railway sleepers, farm
implements, furniture, house construction and as mother posts in
live-fence establishment.
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| Poison | : |
The
leaves, seeds or powdered bark are poisonous to humans when mixed with
cooked rice or maize and fermented. It has been used as a poison for
pests like rats and mice.
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| Medicine | : |
A
traditional remedy for hair loss, boils, bruises, burns, colds, cough,
debility, eruptions, erysipelas, fever, fractures, gangrene, headache,
itch, prickly heat, rheumatism, skin tumours, ulcers, urticaria and
wounds.
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| Erosion control | : |
Hedgerows in alley cropping control soil erosion.
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| Shade and shelter | : |
Often
grown as shade for tea, coffee and cocoa. It is also used as a nurse
tree for shade-loving species. Its fine, feathery foliage gives a light
shade.
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| Reclamation | : |
Can be planted to reclaim denuded land or land infested with Imperata cylindrica (Cogon grass)
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| Soil improver | : |
Capable
of fixing atmospheric nitrogen, and can be used to improve soil
fertility. Used as a green manure, G. sepium increases soil organic
matter and helps to recycle soil nutrients because it produces much leaf
litter. It also improves soil aeration and reduces soil temperature. It
is a drought-resistant and valuable water-conserving species, because
in the dry season it sheds most of its leaves, hence reducing water loss
through transpiration.
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| Alley-cropping | : |
Hedgerows in alley cropping slow weed growth and have been shown to reduce the incidence of disease in groundnut crops.
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| Boundary/barrier/support | : |
Can
be used for live fencing around cattle pastures and for delineating
boundaries. Its fast growth, ease of propagation, nitrogen fixing
ability and light canopy makes it ideal as live support for black
pepper, vanilla and yam.
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Oleh itu terdapat banyak kegunaan Pokok Gliricidia ini selain daripada menjadi penyokong/pokok tumpang bagi pokok lada hitam. Dari jadual di atas ia mempunyai pelbagai kegunaan dari samada daun, kulit pokok, batang, meningkatkan nilai tanah dengan bahan Nitrogen, pokok pemanjat bagi Vanilla dan Lada Hitam dan pelbagai kegunaan lagi.
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