Dendrocalamus asper Huge, gigantic clumper, non-invasive.
Grows to high altitudes and so can withstand some degrees of frost.
Cultivated in many parts of SE Asia for its edible shoots, construction,
and craft. The large culms are also used as outriggers on fishing
boats.
Planting season
Monsoon
Planting
400 plants/ha with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
In India, the demand is increasing steadily and India is to commence
a Rs. 105 crore industry by 2005. Taiwan's annual bamboo shoot exports
already exceed $ 50 million.
Anogeissus latifolia
Deciduous tree valued for fuelwood and fodder
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Planting
1000 plants/ha with a spacing of 3m x 3m
Economics
Tissue cultured plants are roughly 1.5 times in height as compared
to control.
Anogeissus pendula
A slow growing multipurpose tree of arid regions
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Planting
1000 plants/ha with a spacing of 3m x 3m
Economics
Tissue cultured plants were upto 21% taller than the control
Bambusa bambos
Densely tufted, used as raw material for pulp and paper
Planting season
Monsoon
Planting
400 plants / hectare with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
Harvesting of culms can be done after 3-4 years.Above ground biomass
from a 3 -year-old plantation is estimated to be about 8527 kg/ha
Dendrocalamus strictus
Solid bamboo, used for a variety of purposes
Planting season
Monsoon
Planting
400 plants/ha with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
Harvesting of culms can be done after 3-4 years.It is of use in the
paper industry .Annual yield is 1.67 tonnes/ha
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Evergreen semi-hardwood tree, with very rapid growth rate, used as
timber
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Planting
400/ha with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
They can coppice well for six or more rotations.Annual wood yields
can range from 17-30 m 3/ha .The fuel value of the wood is 4,800 kcal/ha
Eucalyptus citriodora
Evergreen tree, leaves yield a lemon-scented oil for perfumery
Planting season Spring/monsoon
Planting
400 /ha with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
For oil extraction,trees are not allowed to mature to the timber stage.Instead,they
are lopped for the foliage;sucker shoots produce copious foliage.A
8-year coppice produces 20 tonnes /ha/year,with the oil yield working
out to 100 kg.The essential oil from this species commands a good
price in the international market
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Varieties: 348, 360, 2116, T1, T2
Evergreen, semi-hardwood tree used for construction & in paper
manufacture
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Planting
400/ha with a spacing of 5m x 5m
Economics
The tissue cultured plants were taller than control by 12-35%;also
their GBH was upto 17% higher than the conventionally raised plants.Harvesting
can be started from the seventh year.
Leucaena spp.
Multipurpose, deciduous, nitrogen-fixing tree
Planting season
Monsoon
Planting
9000 plants/ha with a spacing of 1m x 1m
Economics
Net income/ha after 4 years is Rs.36,000(when sold as fuelwood).When
sold as poles,the net income is Rs.3 lakh/ha after 4 years
Paulownia fortunei
Deciduous, semi hardwood, fast-growing tree, used as timber
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Planting
500/ha with a spacing of 5m x 4m
Economics
Harvesting can be undertaken after 7-8 years.A minimum net profit
of Rs 8 lakhs/ha is expected
Populus deltoides
Varieties: G3 & G48
Deciduous, soft wood, used as raw material by paper and pulp industries
Planting season
Spring
Planting
For agro-forestry 400 plants/ha . at a spacing of 5m x 5m or 1000
plants/ha as pure plantations with a spacing of 3m x 3m
Economics
A rotation period of 7-8 years yields
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Populus euphratica
Deciduous, soft wood, drought and salinity resistant, suitable for
timber.
Planting season
Spring
Planting
400 plants/ha at a spacing of 5m x 5m.
Economics
Being drought and salinity resistant,it can be used for reclamation
and afforestation of marginal lands.
