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INTRODUCTION TRIALS

Introduction trial at different agro climatic zones were conducted for the following species in Tamilnadu

Species Name

Kaya senegalensis

Calamus rotang

Chukrasia tablularis

Lagestromia lanceolata

Swietenia macrophylia

Anthocephalus cadamba

Dendrocalamus calostachys

Eucalyptus europhylla

Radermachira xylocarpa

Acacia elata

Eucalyptus pellita

Dysoxylum malabaricum

Albizia falcatoria

Acacia hybrid

Populus deltoides

Sterculia urens

Ailanthus malabaricum

Bambusa tulda

Mitragyna parviflora

Kaya antotheca

Terminalia bellarica

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Gmelina arborea

Delonix elata

Sterculia villosa

Polyalthia longifolia

Kaya senegalensis

Xylia xylocarpa

Ceiba pentandra

Bombax ceiba

Tecomelia undulata

Alstonia scholaris

Melaleuca alternifolia

Casuarina junghunina

G. jacqurin

Hildegardia populifolia

Bambusa nutanes

Anthocephalus cadamba

Melia dubia

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Examples of Introduction trials

RESEARCH ON SECONDARY TIMBER SPECIES

Apart from the above species research has been extended to the following secondary timber species

Species Name	Species Name	Species Name
Acacia auriculiformis	Grevia teliafolia	Grevilea robusta
Thespesia populnea	Kaya senegalensis	Chloroxylon swietenia
Dalbergia sissoo	Acacia elata	Bambusa vulgaris
Albizia lebbeck	Melia dubia	Acacia suma
Acacia hybrid	Holoptelia integrifolia	Acacia nilotica

Albizia falcatoria

Kaya senegalensis

Cassia siamea

Acacia auriculiformis

Examples of Secondary Timber Species

INTRODUCTION TRIAL FOR BAMBOOS

From 1998 the following species of bamboos have been introduced in various Research centres in Tamil Nadu

Species	Species	Species
Bambusa nutans	B. wamin	Thrystostachys oleverii
B. balcooa	B. polymorpha	T. siensis
B. ventricosa	B. tulda	Oxytenanthera nigrociliata
B. nigrociliata	B. bamboo	Ochlandra ebracteata
B. thyostachys	Dendrocalamus strictus	O. scriptoria
B. vulgaris	D. longispathus	O. travancorica
B. mukulba	D. giganteous	Arundanaria falcata
B. burmanica	D. membraneous	Cephalostachyum pergracile
B. nana	D. hamiltonii	Guda angustifolia
B. multiplex	D. brandisii	Melocanna baccifera
B. giganteous	D. sikkimensis	Phyllostachys aurea
B. vulgaris (green)	D. asper	Oxytenanthera nigrociliata

ASSEMBLAGE OF CANES

Already 9 nos. of cane species have been assembled with two more additions in 2003-04 as follows:

Calamus pesudotenuis

Calamus rotang harvesting

Calamus thwartsii

Calamus pesudotenuis

Calamus brandisii

Calamus vattiayala

Calamus metazinus

Calamus parsinus

Calamus hookerianus

Calamus haegalianus

Calamus neelagiricus

Calamus rotang

Calamus nagabettai

Result: The canes species performing well in order of priority are Calamus rotang, Calamus vattiyala, Calamus thwartsii, and Calamus pesudotenuis.

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