The larvae feed on "Gliricidia sepium". "Sesbania", "Gliricidia", "Tephrosia", and "Faidherbia albida" are known as fertilizer trees. "Gliricidia sepium" is a medium-sized tree that grows high. He introduced inter-cropping gliricidia with coconut, vastly increasing coconut yields. Gliricidia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.