| Family |
Moraceae |
| Common/Tamil Name |
Pipal, Pipul / Arasa |
| Uses: |
| Fodder |
Lopped for elephant and cattle fodder |
| Other Uses |
It is an avenue tree. Used for packing cases. |
| Seed Collection time |
Fruit ripen chiefly from March to May; may often be found in other season of the year. |
| No. of Seeds per kg |
Seeds minute and innumerable. |
| Viability |
If carefully stores, retains its viability well for atleast a year. |
| Germination percentage |
As the seeds are minute and produced in vast numbers, the number of seedlings which. survive and establish themselves is relatively very less. |
| Nursery Technique |
Seeds mixed with fine sand, powdered brick (or) charcoal are sown in trays filled with finely sifted earth with a large proportion of sand. Watering with a fine spray should be done frequently but. sparingly. The young plants having a long root system should be pricked out with ball of earth and transplanted in the polypot.
Large cuttings 8 to 10 feet high can be planted and well watered in the field. |
