General Information :

• Terminalia paniculata is a semievergreen tree
• Leaves are nearly opposite and heart shaped.
• Flowers pale white.
• Fruit has one large and two small wings.

Distribution :

• It is widely distributed throughout the greater part of India.

Habitat : Evergreen Forest

Soil : Succeeds in most well-drained soils of at least moderate fertility.

Soil pH : 4.5 - 7.5

Altitude :900 to 1,200 m (MSL)

Rainfall :1,000 - 5,000mm.

Temperature : 13°c - 39°c

Terrain : It prefers moist and well drained terrain

Tree Characteristics :

• Strong light demander and intolerant of suppression.
• Drought hardy

Habit : Evergreen tree

Natural Regeneration :

 

• Propagated by seed.   Put from Terminalia arjuna

 

Artificial Regeneration :

• Propagated  by direct sowing, cuttigs.

Seed collection and Storage :

• The tree produces abundant seed annually.
• Fruits are ripen during the months of May-June.
• About 14-15 seeds weigh one gram.
• Seeds can be stored for 2 years under ordinary conditions.

Seed Treatment :

• Seeds are soaked in hot water for 1 minute and left in cold water for 48 hours before sowing.

Nursery Technique :

• Seeds are sown in mother bed during March – April.
• Germination stats in a week and complete in a month.
• Beds are regularly watered and weeded.
• 3-4 months old nursery raised seedlings are fit for planting.

Plantation technique :

 

• Planting of 3-4 months old seedlings nursery Raised seedlings seedlings at a spacing 3 m x 3 m in 30 cm3 pits.

 

Care & Disease Control :

• Plantation should be weed free and with proper soil working.

Recommended Harvest :

• 16 years

Yield :

• Approximately 120 – 150 tons/ha.

Major uses :

• Timber and fuel.
• Bark has medicinal value.