Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Fence Post Tree

Gliricidia sepium

Spanish: cacahuananche

Gliricidia sepium, often simply referred to as Gliricidia (common names: quickstick, mata ratón; cacao de nance, cachanance; piñon Cubano in the Dominican Republic; madreado in Honduras; kakawate in the Philippines; madre xacao or madre de cacao in the Philippines and Guatemala; and madero negro in Nicaragua); wetahiriya in Sinhala ,is a medium size leguminous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae

Local records29 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records5,729 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2026 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-04-27 — observation by antonio_perez2
2026-04-26 — observation by antonio_perez2
2026-04-26 — observation by isa_moguel
2026-04-26 — observation by neftali8994
2026-02-19 — observation by antonio_perez2
2026-02-19 — observation by zihuadean

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Cite as: “Fence Post Tree (Gliricidia sepium) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/gliricidia-sepium/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.