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inflammation, leprosy & rheumatism (Kumar,
2005). Wood oil is used in treating ear and eye
disease (Jain an d Dafilips, 1991). In Sidha, the plant
is known as Agil and is used as a substitute for
Aquilaria malaccensis (Kumar, 2005).
Number of individuals using Dysoxylum
malabaricum for various purposes
Number of individuals using Dysoxylum
20%
malabaricum for various purposes
16
53.34
16
Tribes using Dysoxylum malabaricum
for various purpose (in %)
3
4
6
1
3
10%
4
13.33
6
1
0.03%
Domestic purposes
Medicinal us es
Comercial us es
Religious practices
Not us ed
The timber of white cedar tree is highly reputed.
The wood is an important constituent in the
perfumery and ply wood industry. The wood is also
used for making motor truck bodies, furniture,
carts, railway carriages toys and textile wooden
accessories like bobbins (Gopimani1991) (Jain, S.K,
Dafilips A Robert 1991). It is also good for
cooperage especially tight cooperages and for the
frame work of carts and carriages.
Conservation efforts
Dysoxylum
Domestic
malabaricum
purposes
flowers during February
April and mature fruits ripens during June July.
The Medicinal tree regenerates uses naturally from the seeds
contained
Comercial
in
us
the
es
fallen fruits, unless removed or
destroyed by wild animals, which is quite prevalent
(Nair, Religious 2000). practices Seeds of D. malabaricum were
collected
Not us ed
during June-July from ripened fruits and
sown in nursery beds made of sand and soil in the
ratio of 3:1 and it was noted within 70 days,
germination was completed. The seedlings, which
attained 30-35 cm, by the next rainy season were
field planted. The percentage of germination of C.
malabatrum as per above method was 50.87 % (Fig.
1). 1255 seedlings were raised and distributed.
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