Known as Wetahiriya or Wetamara locally and Mother of Cocoa, Quickstick, Aaron’s Rod and St. Vincent Plum elsewhere, this plant is scientifically known as Gliricidia sepium and is considered an important multi purpose legume tree. The leaves of this plant has long been used by our local farmers as an organic fertilizer making the soil more fertile. Adding these dehydrated leaves also reduces water evaporation providing required moisture for your crops. Gliricidia leaves are considered as a 100% natural compost manure for any of your garden plants.
Lakpura sends the leaves through a very low heat dehydration process which does not harm its natural nutrients. Gliricidia sepium leaves can be mixed with soil and added to the plants and you can even powder it and mixed it with water to add it to plants.
Benefits of Gliricida Leaves include improving productivity in tropical soil while it is also an excellent solution for plants to receive nitrogen from. It even naturally repels insects .
It is also a fact that Gliricidia leaves can reduce the annual chemical fertilizer requirement in Sri Lanka.
