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Gamal, Gliricidia sepium, often simply referred to as its genus name Gliricidia, is a medium size leguminous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. Common names include quickstick, mata ratón cacao de nance, cachanance balo in Panama madre xacao or madre de cacao in the Philippines and Guatemala madero negro in Nicaragua undirmari in Marathi and wetahiriya in Sinhala. It is an important multi-purpose legume tree, with a native range from Mexico to Colombia, but now widely introduced to other tropical zones.