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In Barotseiand a decoction of the green pod, bark and leaves is 

 used by the women as an abortive, and a similar decoction is used as 

 a cure for skin diseases of dogs and goats (Cockerel!, Mus. Kew). 



May be propagated readily by seed. Cultivated for stupefying fish 

 in Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew), Bassa, (Elliott, Herb. Kew), the Gonga 

 Country (Armitage, I.e.), Angola (Welwitsch, I.e.), and in Princes 

 Island (Mann, Herb. Kew) ; also as a fence in Uganda and Unyoro 

 (Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 1872, p. 55). 



Found growing on the banks of the Ofun River, Lagos (Millen, 

 (Herb. Kew), in moist rich loam, on the edges of Barotse Valley, 

 where it grows 8 to 10 ft. high (Cockerell, I.e.). 



Ref. — " Sur la toxicite des principes definis du Tephrosia Vogelii" 

 Hanriot, in Comptes Rendus, cxliv. 1907, pp. 498-500. 



Gliricidia, Kunth. 



Gliricidia maculata, H. B. & K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL vi. 1823, p. 393. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate. Leaflets petiolate, 

 oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous above, glaucescent 

 below, about If in. long. Calyx campanulate, coloured, limb scarcely 

 denticulate, persistent. Corolla rose-coloured. 



Vcrnac. names. — Madera or Madura (Nicaragua, Hart). — Nicara- 

 guan Shade Tree ; Madura Shade Tree. 



Grown as a permanent shade tree for Cacao (Theobroma Cacao) in 

 Nicaragua, Trinidad, the "West Indian Islands, &c. Recommended 

 for this purpose in Nigeria (see p. 98). 



Cultivated in Old Calabar streets as a shade tree (Williams, Rep. 

 Bot. Gdn. Old Calabar, 1908). 



May be propagated by seeds or cuttings, and grows quickly ; the 

 primings necessary to regulate the shade make a good mulch, rich in 

 nitrogenous matter. 



The flowers have been found at the Trinidad Government 

 Laboratory to contain from 2*4 to 3*36 per cent, of nitrogen (Agric. 

 News, Barbados, 1909, p. 168). 



Sesbania, Pers. 



Sesbania aculeata, Pers. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 134. 



///. — Banks and Solander, Bot. Cook's Voy. i. t. 63. 



Vernac. names. — Amureji (Lagos, Ma<:Gregor). — Dhunchee Hemp. 



Katagum ; Jeba ; Lagos ; and widely distributed in Tropical 

 Africa, Asia, and Australia. 



Yields a fibre described as a substitute for hemp, durable under 

 water ; used in India for making drag ropes, fishing nets, &c. The 

 stems are used as stakes for " Betel Pepper " (Piper Betle) (Watt. 

 Comm. Prod. India, p. 988). 



Suitable for growing with cocoa, coffee, &c, as a green manure. 



Growing as a shrub on the banks of streams, Katagum (Dalziel, 

 Herb. Kew). 



For cultivation and preparation of the fibre, see C rot alar id 

 juncea. In India about 30 lb. of seed is sown to the acre ; the crop 

 comes to maturity in about 5 months, but according to Watt (I.e.) the 

 fibre does not suffer if the plants are not cut until the seed is ripe. 



Ref. — u Sesbania aculeata" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, vi. 2. 

 pp. 542-543.— Ibid, in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 987-988. 



