Re: Southern Mexico Plants in bloom
- To: "Medit-Plants"
- Subject: Re: Southern Mexico Plants in bloom
- From: W* G*
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:16:58 -0400
On 1/16/01 5:56 PM david feix (davidfeix@yahoo.com) wrote:
>In the drier deciduous scrub forests that abound on
>southern Mexico¥s west coast, the Tabebuia chrysocarpa
>and T. rosea are in full bloom, as is Cocholspermum,
>Gliricidium(Mexican Lilac)
Nice to learn another name for Gliricidium sepium, which has just
finished its annual January
two weeks of flowering, although more pink and white than lilac. In this
part of the world Gliricidium is widely used as a boundary marker and
known simply as 'the fence tree' since a branch cut off the tree and put
in the ground quickly roots and becomes another tree.
William Glover
Nevis, West Indies
