Gliricidia maculata

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Fabaceae}}

{{Speciesbox

|image=The White flower dao dau.jpg

|image_caption=Flowers

|genus=Gliricidia

|species=maculata

|authority=(Kunth) Steud.

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=

• Galedupa pungam {{small|Blanco}}
• Gliricidia sepium f. maculata {{small|(Kunth) Urb.}}
• Lonchocarpus maculatus {{small|(Kunth) DC.}}
• Robinia maculata {{small|Kunth}}

}}

Gliricidia maculata is a species of fast-growing leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.{{cite POWO |id=496633-1 |title=Gliricidia maculata (Kunth) Steud. |access-date=1 January 2022 }} It is often considered a synonym of Gliricidia sepium and shares many of its common names and uses.{{cite web |url=https://www.feedipedia.org/node/552 |title=Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) |last1=Heuzé |first1=V. |last2=Tran |first2=G. |date=11 May 2015 |website=Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System |publisher=Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO |access-date=1 January 2022 |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101234158/https://www.feedipedia.org/node/552 |url-status=live }} It is used to provide shade for growing tea, coffee, and cocoa, as a green manure, as a forage, particularly for goats and sheep, and in living fences.{{cite journal |title=Gliricidia maculata—A Review |year=1982 |last1=Falvey |first1=J. Lindsay |journal=International Tree Crops Journal |volume=2 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/01435698.1982.9752735 }}