Forestry Technologies ::Melia dubia
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)


Melia dubia Tree


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


Melia dubia Planting


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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