Trees in our Farm

Mon, 05/04/2009 - 06:08 — Ragu

Over the last five months, we planted around 8500 trees in our farm. We could not have done it without Fr.V, Isha Foundation, Nandi Nursery, Siruthuli and all the labourers who helped us. Here is the list of species:

	Common Name	Local (Tamil) Name	Botanical Name	Family
1	Indian Rosewood	Eetti	Dalbergia latifolia	Fabaceae
2	Teak	Thekku	Tectona Grandis	Lamiaceae
3	Mahogany	Seemainuku	Swietenia Mahagoni	Meliaceae
4	Kumizh	Kumizh	Gmelina arborea	Verbenaceae
5	Jackfruit	Pala	Alstonia scholaris	Apocynaceae
6	East Indian Red Wood	Pathimugam	Caesalpinia Sappan	Fabaceae - Caesalpinioideae
7	Neem	Vembu	Azadirachta indica	Meliaceae
8	Pongamia	Pungan	Pongamia Pinnata	Fabaceae - Papilionoideae
9	Vagai	Vagai	Albizia lebbeck	Fabaceae - Mimosoideae
10	Indian tulip tree	Poovarasu	Thespesia populnea	Malvaceae
11	Bhibitaki	Thaanrikai	Terminalia Bellirica	Combretaceae
12	Indian Rosewood	Sisu	Dalbergia Sissoo	Fabaceae - Papilionoideae
13	Tamarind	Puliya maram	Tamarindus Iindica	Fabaceae - Caesalpinioideae
14	Jamun	Naval	Syzygium cumini	Myrtaceae
15	Amla	Peru nelli	Emblica officinalis	Euphorbiaceae
16	Iluppai	Iluppai	Madhuca latifolia	Sapotaceae
17	Silk Cotton	Ilavam Panju	Ceiba pentandra	Bombacaceae
18	Indian Poplar	Peeyan	Populus Euphratica	Salicaceae
19	Red Sandalwood Tree	Yaanai Gundumani	Adenanthera Pavonina	Fabaceae
20	Arjuna	Neer Marudhu	Terminalia arjuna	Combretaceae
21	Gliricidia		Gliricidia Sepium	Fabaceae - Papilionoideae
22	Silver Oak	Savukku	Casuarina Equisetifolia	Casuarinaceae
23	Mountain Neem	Malavembu	Melia Azedarach	Meliaceae
24	Guava	Koyya	Psidium Guajava	Myrtaceae
25	Lemon	Elumichai	Citrus Limon	Rutaceae
26	Mango	Ma	Mangifera Indica	Anacardiaceae
27	Chikku	Suppota	Manilkara Zapota	Sapotaceae
28	Coconut	Thennai	Cocos Nucifera	Arecaceae
29	Tender Coconut	Elani	Cocos Nucifera	Arecaceae
30	Pomegranate	Madulai	Punica Granatum	Punicaceae
31	Kolinji	Kolinji	Tephrosia Purpurea	Fabaceae
32	Drum Sticks	Murungai	Moringa Oleifera	Moringaceae
33	Banana	Vazhai	Musa Paradisiaca	Musaceae
34	Oleander	Pon Arali	Nerium Oleander	Apocynaceae
35	Papaya	Pappali	Carica	Caricaceae

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Comments

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:07 — Bobgurung (not verified)

That is a good chart

That is a good chart shows of the trees you have. This has inspired me to put my list of fruit trees i have and the ficus tree in my blog. Sharing knowledge is the greatest work of human kind. Your work has definitely conveyed a lot of messages as well as given knowledge to many people and hope to do the same. keep on writing.

Wed, 04/07/2010 - 04:17 — anandhaprabhu (not verified)

hi

hi how did u plant 8500 trees in ur farm (in 10 acres).if u plant 8500 trees,then how will u do agriculture?i mean there wont b much free space to do main agriculture..right?

Wed, 04/14/2010 - 04:39 — Ragu

Free space is between tree rows

Anand,

We have planted the trees in treanches that are 25 feet apart (6ft between two trees). Research shows that if there are two rows of trees with 50 feet between them, then the in between space gets enough sunlight to gorw other things like grains, vegetables etc. We introduced another row in the middle of the 50 feet and planted small trees in it so that we would still get resonably enough sunlight to grow all other produce. See Principle #5: Diversity is the Soul for more information.

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 02:20 — Bavani (not verified)

Information on Thaanrikai

This blog is so useful & helped me find what I've been looking for these few weeks. Can you please let me know as to where we can get thaanrikai in India (esp. Madras). Very urgent. Needed for my grandmother.

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 13:54 — Ragu

Re: Information on Thanrikai

Hi Bavani,

Is should be available in country medicine stores near Mylapore tank. It is part of the famous Ayurvedic preparation called Triphala which is widely available. In Sanskrit, it is called Bibitakhi. Pleaes check with your physician if that is ok to use.

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 02:35 — umashankar (not verified)

very nice and its useful

very nice and its useful info... pls update more trees in this list.....

Wed, 07/15/2009 - 12:28 — Devang Vibhakar (not verified)

Organic Farming

Dear Ragu & Nisha, Wow! 8500 trees' plantation is something REAL in life to do. Excellent piece of momentum you both are carrying. My Uncle has an organic farm done with cow farming here in Gujarat. If you ever happen to travel Gujarat, do let me know, I would be glad to show you the same.

Tue, 07/14/2009 - 10:52 — Aku Tarjous (not verified)

impressive list

Good pictures you have from the trees. Are they all taken by you. I would like to see so many trees at our garden too but there is no room for any new ones.

Thu, 06/11/2009 - 17:26 — Somik Raha (not verified)

Kale

Have you thought of planting Kale yet? Do you know what Kale might be called in India?