Common name: Indian Kino Tree

Scientfic name: Pterocarpus Marsupium

Tree height: upto 15 – 18 m

Rainfall: above 750 mm

• Seed season: March
• No. of seeds: 1600-2000 kg pods
• Size of seeds: 4.5 cm long and 3.5 cm wide with a flat seed pods

Indian Kino Tree

Planting

• Light requirement: Light demander species
• Spacing: 4 x 4 m
• No of Plants: 250 plants per acre
• After two years trees can attain 1.7 m
• Silvicultural operations: Pruning, weeding and thinning

Yield: 100 cm girth tree can be obtained after ten years

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

Nursery Mother bed- Mulching