Forestry Technologies ::Ailannthus

Common name: Match wood

Native: India
Scientific name:
Ailanthus excelsa

Tree growing conditions
  • Tree girth size: 80 -12.50 cm. (Less) and 450-470 cm. (Maximum)
  • Habit: High temperature and low temperature resistant
  • The plant grows well in most parts of the marginal areas of rain water


Ailanthus Tree


Ailanthus Leaves
Ailanthus Seedling


Tree cultivation

  • 360 trees per acres can be planted on a large scale
  • Spacing: 12 feet to 12 feet
  • If the land is good for about 550/650 kg of wood available

Income
(i) Fallow land: T × 120 × 399 trees around Rs 2,000 = Rs 2,000 = Rs .2,40,000
(ii) Cultivable land: T × 220 × 422 trees around Rs 2,000 = Rs .4,40,000


Ailanthus Nursery


Ailanthus Plantation


Ailanthus pods
Ailanthus Seeds

Utility value

  • This tree wood is exclusively used for match splints manufacturing
  • Used as alternative for plywood manufacturing

For more details contact following address
Dean,
Forest College and Research Institute,
Mettupalayam,
Coimbatore - 641301.
Phone: 04254 - 222398, 222010
Email: deanformtp@tnau.ac.in

 

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