Sl. No. |
Name |
Use |
| 1 |
Agave sisalna &other Agave splecies (Kathale, Kallunary) |
Fibres from the leaves used for making ropes, species with spines serve as a good hedge plant. Grown to prevent erosion. |
| 2 |
Acacia nilotica (Acacia arabica, Jali, Kari Jali, Babul) |
Leaves as fodder, timber for fence posts. Agricultural implements, cart parts. Tannin from bark. Green pods as fodder to cattle, goats etc., gum from cuts on trunk. |
| 3 |
Acacia auriculiformis (Bengal jali, Haladi-meese mara) |
Wood for fuel, carvings, furniture and agricultural implements. Leaves are and class fodder. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 4 |
Acacia catechu (Kagli, Khair) |
Wood for cutch and katha. Tree a sand binder and lac host, leaves as fodder. |
| 5 |
Acacia ferruginea (Banni) |
Wood for house construction, carts and agricultural implements, Tree in wind breaks. |
| 6 |
Acacia planiformis (Chhathri mara, Budde jali,) |
Wood for fuel and agricultural implements and pulp. Pods are eaten by cattle and goats. Tree in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 7 |
Allanthus excelsa (Dadda mara, Musimara) |
Tree as wind break and sand binder, wood for match industry. |
| 8 |
Albizzia amara (Chujjalu, Chuggalu, Bilkimbi Kadaeege) |
Wood used in rural house and card construction. Pulverised dried leaves used in washing hair and jewellery |
| 9 |
Albizzia lebbek (Bage) |
Wood for Agl. Implements, furniture, cabiner work, planelling, carving, wheel work, leaves as fodder. Tree in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 10 |
Anacardium occidentale (Geru) |
Fruits and nuts edible, Fruits for pheny, shell oil for caulking beats. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 11 |
Artocarpus intergrifolia (Halasu, Jack) |
Wood for construction, fruit edible. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 12 |
Azadirachta indica (Neem, Bevu) |
Leaves for fodder, wood for building, furniture, Agl. Implements, seeds for oil. Leaves and seed oil medicinal. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 13 |
Bauhinia variegata (Kanchivalda mara) |
Leaves for fodder, wood for Agl. Implements; bark for tanning. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 14 |
Butea monosperma (Muthuga) |
Wood for well curbs, water scoops; flowers yield dye; tree is a lac host; Leaves for eating plates. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 15 |
Cassia siamea (Seeme Thangadi) |
Wood for Rayon pulp and fuel; Leaves as manure. Tree as wind break, and in shelter belts. |
| 16 |
Casuarina equisetifolia (Survey mara, Kyasarike, Casuarina) |
Wood for fuel, charcoal, mine lprops. Tree used in afforestation of sandy areas and in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 17 |
Dalbergia sissoo (Sissu) |
Wood for furniture, sports goods, carving, tool handles, carts and firewood. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 18 |
Dendrocalamus strictus (Small bamboo, Kiri bidiru) |
Leaves for fodder, culms for buildings, furniture, for paper pulp, tent poles, roofing of huts, fencing etc. Clump in shelter belts. |
| 19 |
Diospyros molanoxylon (Tupra, Beedi leaves) |
Wood for fuel, leaves for rolling beedies, Tree in shelter belts and wind breaks. |
| 20 |
Emblica officinalis (Nelli) |
Fruit for medicinal purposes and as picle, leaves for fodder and tanning purpose. Tree in wind breaks. |
| 21 |
Eucalyptus citradora (Niligiri) |
Wood for fuel, rayon and paper pulp; from leaves eucalyptus oil 0.7%. May be grown in bush from in wind breaks and shelter belts, so that leaves may be collected easily. |
| 22 |
Eucalyptus hybrid (Mysore gum) |
Wood for fuel, rayon and paper pulp; from leaves eucalyptus oil 0.7%. May be grown in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 23 |
Eugenia jambolana (Syzigium cumini) Neralu) |
Tree for planting roadside, along canal banks and Railway lines; wood for constructional purposes, agl. iMplements, well curbs and samil timber, leaves as fodder, fruit edible. |
| 24 |
Feronia elephantum (Byala) Belada mara) |
Fruit edible; wood for small timber and for turnery purposes. Tree in wind breaks. |
| 25 |
Gliricidia maculata |
Leaves form very good green manure. |
| 26 |
Hardwickia binata (Kamara) |
Leaves for fodder and leaf manure; wood used in bridges, huse construction, hubs of carts wheel work, agricultural implements, mine props. Tree is a good host for tussar sild worms. |
| 27 |
Madhuca latifolia (Ippe) |
Timber for constructional purposes, Agl. Implements, Oild from seeds, Flowrs for arrack preparatiion. Leaves for fodder. |
| 28 |
Mangifera indica (Mavu) |
Wood for plywood, matches, packing cases and country boats. Yields edible fruit. |
| 29 |
Melia azaderach (Hebbevu, Huchchu bevu) |
Leaves as fodder for goats, Wood for packing cases and planking. Tre in shelter belts. |
| 30 |
Moringa oleifera (Moringa pterygosperma) |
Leaves for fodder and wood for pulp. Unripe fruits as vegetable. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 31 |
Murraya koenigii (Karibevu) |
Essential oil from leaves. Leaves in culinary preparations. Tree in wind breaks. |
| 32 |
Pithacollobium dulce (Seche hunise, Kodukapuli) |
Wood for general constructional purposes, posts, and firewood, fruit edible, leaves for fodder, Tree in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 33 |
Pongamia pinnata (Pongamia glabra, Honge) |
Wood for cart wheels, firewood and tool handles, seeds for oil; leaves for green manure and leaves commonly as fodder. Tree in wind breaks and shelter belts. |
| 34 |
Prospopis cineraria (Prosopis juliflora) Bellary Jali) |
Leaves and pods for cattle; wood for paper pulp and firewood. May be grown only in case of big farms if necessary. Good livefence. |
| 35 |
Salmalia malabarica (Bombax ceiba, Kempu Boorugu) |
Silk cotton from fruit, from wood match boses, packing cases, samll country boats, etc. |
| 36 |
Santalum album (Gandha, Sandal) |
Heatwood for carving, agarbathi, manugacture and sandal oil. Tree in wind breaks and shelter belts. Sapwood in agarabathi manufacture. |
| 37 |
Sapindus emarginatus, and S. tri foliatus (antuwala) |
Fruit used as soapnum. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 38 |
Sesbania grandiflora (Agase, Agasti) |
Wood for pulp, leaves for manure, for fodder and vegetable. Tree in wind breaks. |
| 39 |
Tamarindus indica (Hunase) |
Wood is good firewood, and charcoal fruits used in culinary very extensively. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 40 |
Terminalia chebula (Alale) |
Small timber; fruits for tanning. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 41 |
Thespesia populana (Huvarasi) |
Fruit and flower for medicinal purposes; wood for turnery; leaves as fodder. Tree in shelter belts. |
| 42 |
Zizyphus jujuba (Bore, Yelachi) |
Leaves for fodder, tree is a lact host, yield edible fruit. Tree in wind breaks. |
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