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Diploknema butyracea (Nepali: चिउरी, Chiuri), the Nepali butter tree, [2] or the Indian butter tree, [1] is a multi purpose tree native to the foothills of the Himalayas. An estimated number of chiuri in Nepal has been given as approximately 10.8 million trees, geographically distributed in 46 districts.
The Phulwara is a medium-size deciduous tree with a straight trunk. It typically attains a height of 15 to 22 meters and a girth of 1.5 to 1.8 meters. In the Andaman Islands it can reach a height of 21 to 36 meters and a girth of 1.5 to 2.4 meters. In the hills of Kumaun, the tree attains a girth of 3 meters.
Madhuca longifolia is an Indian tropical tree found largely in the central, southern, north Indian plains and forests, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It is commonly known as madhūka, mahura, madkam, mahuwa, Butter Tree, mahura, mahwa, mohulo, Iluppai, Mee or Ippa-chettu. [1]
The flora of Nepal is one of the richest in the world due to the diverse climate, topology and geography of the country. Research undertaken in the late 1970s and early 1980s documented 5067 species of which 5041 were angiosperms and the remaining 26 species were gymnosperms. [1] The Terai area has hardwood, bamboo, palm, and sal trees. [2]
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For many years, people in eastern Nepal are risking their lives to transport bamboo through Koshi (one of the largest rivers) and sell them in southern plains. One fine morning, Herne Katha team joined this adventurous river trip of villagers from Udaypur and witnessed the hardships, struggles and smiles of the bamboo rafters.
Toona ciliata is an important timber tree. It provides a valuable hardwood used for furniture, ornamental panelling, shipbuilding, and musical instruments like the sitar , rudra veena , and drums. Due to the restrictions in recent years on the use of natively-grown American mahogany, [ 6 ] it has become one of the common mahogany replacements ...
It is a deciduous tree that grows in the lower foothills and midhills of the Himalayas at altitudes of up to 1,200 metres (4,000 ft). [6] It is also native to western coastal Karnataka , Maharashtra , and Goa in India; as well as Indochina , southern China , [ 7 ] Japan and Taiwan as known by its many indigenous peoples. [ 8 ]