Common name: Manlai vembu |
Native: India
Scientific name: Melia dubia
- Soil type: All the soil type it can grow well
- Planting time: Transplanted during Northeast Monsoon
- Spacing: 3 × 3 m spacing for each plan
- Number of seedlings: 444 seedlings per acre
Land preparation
- After the land selection bushes can cleared by disc plow ploughing deeply
- Spacing: 3 × 3 m (row and plant to plant)
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Melia dubia Tree
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Melia dubia Leaves |
Melia dubia Fruits |
Planting time
- Pit size: 45 × 45 × 45 cm (Length, width and depth)
- Fertilizer: Mixture of compost and organic fertilizers, bio-fertilizer and planting (25-50 g), respectively, to be applied to the pits
Maintenance
- Weeding should be done twice per month upto the age of three year plantation
- Beside the plant basin should be formed for harvesting rain water
Benefits
- Used to produce pulp and match (Alternate species)
- Plywood, fuel, used for making charcoal
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Melia dubia Planting
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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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