Tree species - Chhattisgarh

[shreshthmohan]

Think about getting a soil analysis done before planting nitrogen fixers. How many NFTs are needed?

Selecting trees for food forest:

• Nitrogen-fixing / pioneer species
  • Moringa ? Wikipedia
  • Khair ? Wikipedia
  • Arhar dal ? Wikipedia
  • madre de cacao ? Wikipedia
• Tamarind ? as a multifunctional species ref
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anogeissus_latifolia

Major Trees:

• Sal (Shorea robusta)

• Teak (Tectona grandis)

• Bija (Pterocarpus marsupium)

• Saja (Terminalia tomentosa)

• Dhavdha (Anogeissus latifolia)

• Mahua (Madhuca indica)

• Tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon)

• bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus)

• Need to find leguminous / nitrogen-fixing trees suitable for Chhattisgarh (use this list ?? invasives?? [2]: Acacia albida, A. benthemii [A. benthamii], A. catechu, A. lenticularis, A. nilotica, Albizia lebbeck [A. lebbek], A. procera, Leucaena leucocephala, Mimosa pudica (field collected), Enterolobium timbouva [E. contortisiliquum], Prosopis cineraria, P. chilensis, Dalbergia sissoo, Derris robusta, Pongamia pinnata and Ouge[i]nia oojeinensis. The remaining non-nitrogen fixing species all belonged to the Caesalpinioideae: Cassia siamea, C. fistula, C. gl[a]uca, C. tora, Bauhinia variegata, B. purpurea, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, Colophospermum mopane, Peltophorum apicanum [?P. africanum], P. dubium and Hardwickia binata.)

Types of forests:

1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests
2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests

Links:

[1] https://fsi.nic.in/isfr19/vol2/isfr-2019-vol-ii-chhattisgarh.pdf
https://www.cgforest.com/posts/forest-manual
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/48718
[2]https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19930664778
https://www.fao.org/3/T0632E/T0632E15.htm
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317901936_Growth_and_Quality_Indices_of_Different_Nitrogen_Fixing_Tree_Nursery_Plants
https://www.cgmfpfed.org/new/tradeofNWFP_Gum.php
https://www.ruralsprout.com/nitrogen-fixing-plants/
https://www.permaculturenews.org/2015/10/20/introducing-nitrogen-fixing-trees-natures-solution-to-curing-n2-deficiency/