KAKAWATE

Etymology: Mexican word cacahuate (peanut) 🥜

ka·ka·wá·te

kakawáte
“mother of cacao” plant

Madre de cacao was called such because it was traditionally used as a shade tree in cocoa tree plantations.

scientific name: Gliricidia sepium

KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG

kakawáte: mádrekakáw

mádrekakáw: maliit hanggang malaki-laking punongkahoy na tumataas nang 3–10 metro, makinis ang mga lungting dahon, marami at nakapumpon ang mga bulaklak na kulay pink, at karaniwang itinatanim upang maging lilim sa kakaw

kakawáti, madre de kakaw