Check out TreeHelper API Documentation
Helper for building javascript tree from tree data
cd my_cake_app/app
git clone git://github.com/imsamurai/CakePHP-TreeHelper.git Plugin/TreeHelper
or if you use git add as submodule:
cd my_cake_app
git submodule add "git://github.com/imsamurai/CakePHP-TreeHelper.git" "app/Plugin/TreeHelper"
then add plugin loading in Config/bootstrap.php
CakePlugin::load('TreeHelper');
Add helper to controller
$helpers = array('TreeHelper.Tree');
Build tree
echo $this->Tree->jqueryTree($data, $options);