Economic Importance of Xylia xylocarpa
Puskar Pande | March 11, 2012 | Benefits of Trees | No Comments
Species: X. xylocarpa
Common name: Jambu, irul, pyinkado
Description: Medium to large deciduous tree. Leaves with one pair of pinnae at the end of common petioles, leaflets2-6 pair, oblong acuminate. Flowers pale- yellow wetly scented in long pedunculate globose heads. Seeds ovoid, compressed, brown, smooth and polished.
- The wood is difficult to season and is prone to surface cracking, splitting and warping. It is an extremely durable wood. It is a heavy constructional timber for railway sleepers, bridges, piles, girders, and decking, mine work and pit- props, wagon floor boards and general utility work. It is also used for making agricultural implements, boat-building and tool handles. Locally, it is used in house construction work for posts, beams and rafters, fence posts etc.
- A good substitute for sal and Teak for beams, house construction.
- Wood lasts well under water, it yields material for pulp.
- It is largely used for fuel and manufacture of charcoal.
- Decoction of bark given in gonorrhoea and diarrhoea; also used to stop vomiting and as a vermifuge. Fruits yield fatty oil. Leaves used as manure.
Tags:Economic Importance, Irul, Jambu, Pyinkado
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