Often English speakers call it by one of its Spanish names, Madre de Cacao. The reason this tree is planted so often is that it's one of the most useful and welcome of all tropical trees. Cut a leg-long stick of it, shove it into the ground, and it grows into a new tree in a single season. Place many sticks in a row and in a few months you have Then Dad said, during flowering season, they loved looking at the Madre de Cacao trees full of beautiful flowers. The tree trunks were also used to make ‘uling’ or charcoal. I wanted to give you a perspective of how and why they used the Madre de Cacao tree during pre-war time, and to some extent the same until today. Hope this is ok. Reply. Sylvia Ramos says: April 28, 2017 at 10:22 pm Madre de Cacao is nitrogen-fixing tree that can grow from 10 to 12 meters high. The tree is referred by many people as a quick-stick due to the characteristic of growing almost right away just by cutting it and directly planting it in the ground. The tree has also been planted to reclaim denuded or Imperata-infested lands. The name 'madre de cacao' derived from the old Aztec and Nahuatl name 'cacahuananche', was used because the tree has long been planted as nurse and shade tree in cacao plantations in parts of Central America (Standley, 1922; Standley and Steyermark, 1946). Its early The answer is that, besides its many utilitarian applications, it is also a very nice ornamental tree. While a vigorous grower, Madre de Cacao does not become very tall, ranging in height from 6-33 ft. It has a smooth trunk, with whitish to gray-brown coloration. In its wintertime flowering season, it produces clusters of pinkish blossoms or white depending on the cultivar. If not provided Madre de Cacao, Madura. This legume is a deciduous tree to 30' with mimosa type foliage. Grown as a shade tree for both coffee and cacao plants but also seen as a "living fence". In some areas, the blooming of its pink flowers is so profuse to deserve a comparison with the cherry blossoms. Botany Kakawati is a smooth, deciduous tree, 3 to 10 meters high. Leaves are 15 to 25 centimeters long with 13 leaflets which are opposite, oblong-ovate, 4 to 6 centimeters long, with a pointed tip and rounded base. Racemes are numerous on leafless branches, containing many flowers Madre de Cacao is nitrogen-fixing tree that can grow from 10 to 12 meters high. The tree is referred by many people as a quick-stick due to the characteristic of growing almost right away just by cutting it and directly planting it in the ground. That is, it is planted along the side of fields, and the trunks are used as fence posts. During the dry season, when much of the forage is gone, the tree limbs are cut and the foliage is offered to livestock. Gliricidia trees are a medium size, with composite leaves. The flowers are reddish and on the end of branches without leaves. The fruit Food: Flowers can be fried and eaten. Madre de cacao is a folk remedy for alopecia, boils, bruises, burns, colds, cough, debility, eruptions, erysipelas, fever, fractures, gangrene, headache, itch, prickly heat, rheumatism, skin tumours, ulcers, urticaria and wounds. Services: Erosion control: Hedgerows in alley cropping serve to suppress weed growth and control erosion and have been shown
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