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Sheesham wood. It is the best known economic timber species of the rosewood genus sold internationally, but it is also used as fuel wood and for shade and shelter. After teak, it is the most important cultivated timber tree of Bihar, which is the largest producer of shisham timber in India.
Deodar is the most important timber tree providing soft wood. It can be easily worked and it is moderately strong. It possesses distinct annual rings. It is used for making cheap furniture, railway carriages, railway sleepers, packing boxes, and structural work. Gambar Gmelina arborea: Pale yellow 580 kg/m 3: 980 lb/cu yd Central India, South India
Dalbergia sissoo is a rosewood species from India and Bangladesh, usually known as sheesham or North-Indian rosewood. Its timber is extremely dense and has mild rot resistance but is porous, and its exterior is soft and susceptible to wood-boring insects. It is used for making cabinets and flooring, and for carving. It is exported as quality ...
However, the tree is slow-growing; Javanese plantations were started in the late nineteenth century, but, due to its slow growth, plantations have not expanded beyond Java and India. [4] Many once popular uses for D. latifolia wood have now been replaced with Dalbergia sissoo wood and engineered rosewoods, for economic purposes in cottage ...
Bullet Wood Tree (Bakul बकुळ) -- Mimusops elengi Red Sandalwood (Red Sanders, रक्तचंदन Rakta Chandana) -- Pterocarpus santalinus Toothbrush Tree (Arak, Galenia asiatica , Peelu, Pilu, Salvadora indica , Miswak मेसवाक) -- Salvadora persica
Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) [1] is a Research institute situated in Bangalore in Karnataka. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) [2] of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. [3] It is recognized to be a Centre of Excellence for Sandalwood Research and Wood Science [4]
Forestry Engineering Course, Forestry Department, State University of Midwestern Paraná - Paraná (UNICENTRO), Irati, PR; Institute of Biodiversity and Forests, Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA), Santarém, PA; Forestry Engineering Course, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) Forestry Engineering Course, Universidade Federal de ...
India remained the world's only source of diamonds until the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 18th century. [228] [229] [230] Golconda served as an important centre for diamonds in central India. [231] Diamonds then were exported to other parts of the world, including Europe. [231] Early references to diamonds in India come from Sanskrit ...