Dear Sir,
Really a good start. My best wishes.

Sharing of knowledge is the greatest thing.

Aloe vear can also be grown by Seeds. Technology developed by Dr. P.
S. NAGAR and Prof. M. Daniel of M. S. University, Vadodara. Contact
no. 9925110339.
This will save lot of expenditure that usually occurs behing
transpotation of the sukkers.

With regards,

Nagar
--- In AgriWealth@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. N. Raghu Ram"
<sampadafarms@...> wrote:
>
>
> Gummadi Teak
>
> Compiled by Mr. N.
Raghu
> Ram
>
> Gmelina arborea locally known as Gamhar is a beautiful fast growing
> deciduous tree occurring naturally throughout greater part of
India up
> to 1500 m. It also occurs naturally in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
> Cambodia, Vietnam and in southern provinces of China, but planted
> extensively in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Malaysia and on experimental
basis
> in other countries as well. It is also planted in gardens and
avenues.
>
> Gmelina arborea is a fast growing tree, which though grows on
different
> localities and prefers moist fertile valleys with 750-4500 mm
rainfall.
> It does not thrive on ill drained soils and remains stunted on dry,
> sandy or poor soils; drought also reduces it to a shrubby form.
>
> Gmelina arborea tree attains moderate to large height up to 30 m
with
> girth of 1.2 to 4.5 m with a clear bole of 9-15 m. It has a smooth
> whitish grey (ashy) corky bark, warty with lenticular tubercles
> exfoliating in regular patches when old.
>
> It is a treat to see the Gmelina arborea tree standing straight
with
> clear bole having branches on top and thick foliage forming a
conical
> crown on the top of the tall stem. Bark light grey coloured
exfoliating
> in light coloured patches when old, blaze thick, a chlorophyll
layer
> just under the outer bark, pale yellow white inside.
>
> Gmelina arborea wood is pale yellow to cream coloured or plukish-
buff
> when fresh, turning yellowish brown on exposure and is soft to
> moderately hard, light to moderately heavy, lustrous when fresh,
usually
> straight to irregular or rarely wavy grained and medium course
textured.
> Flowering takes place during February to April when the tree is
more or
> less leafless whereas fruiting starts from May onwards up to June.
>
> It is commonly planted as garden and avenue tree and also in
villages
> along agricultural land, on village community lands and on
wastelands.
> It is light demander, tolerant of excessive moderate drought, frost
> hardy, has good capacity to recover in case of frost- injury.
Gamhar
> tree coppices very well with vigorous growth. Saplings and young
plants
> need protection from deer and cattle. For commercial yields
irrigation
> is compulsory by drip.
> Geographical distribution
> In India, Gmelina arborea occurs extensively from the Ravi
eastwards in
> the sub-Himalayan tracts, common throughout Assam and adjoining
areas of
> Northern West Bengal, also in South Bihar and Orissa, sporadically
found
> in western and southern India and planted elsewhere on a large
scale. It
> can be grown very succeseefully as a commercial crop in the plains
of
> Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. Gamhar
most
> commonly occurs in West Bengal forests in mixed forests.
> Utilisation of the species
> Gmelina arborea timber is reasonably strong for its weight. It is
used
> in constructions, furniture, carriages, sports, musical
instruments and
> artificial limbs. Once seasoned, it is a very steady timber and
> moderately resistant to decay and ranges from very resistant to
> moderately resistant to termites.
>
> Its timber is highly esteemed for door and window panels, joinery
and
> furniture especially for drawers, wardrobes, cupboards, kitchen
and camp
> furniture, and musical instruments because of its lightweight,
stability
> and durability. It is also used for bentwood articles. In boat
building
> it is used for decking and for oars. Gmelina arborea is a popular
timber
> for picture and slate frames, turnery articles and various types of
> brush backs, brush handles and toys also for handles of chisels,
files,
> saws, screw drivers, sickles etc. It is also used for
manufacturing tea
> chests and general purpose plywood, blackboards, frame core and
cross
> bands of flushdoor shutters.
>
>
>
>
>
> In instrument industry gambhar timber is widely employed for the
> manufacture of drawing boards, plane tables, instrument boxes,
> thermometer scales and cheaper grade metric scales. It is also
used in
> artificial limbs, carriages and bobbins. It is an approved timber
for
> handles of tennis rackets, frames and reinforcements of carom
boards and
> packing cases and crates. Gamhar is used in papermaking and
matchwood
> industry too.
>
> Gmelina arborea leaf is considered good for cattle (crude protein –
> 11.9%) and is also used as a feed to eri-silkworm.
> Medicinal uses
> The root and bark of Gmelina arborea are stomachic, galactagogue
> laxative and anthelmintic; improve appetite, useful in
hallucination,
> piles, abdominal pains, burning sensations, fevers, `tridosha'
> and urinary discharge. Leaf paste is applied to relieve headache
and
> juice is used as wash for ulcers.
>
> Flowers are sweet, cooling, bitter, acrid and astringent. They are
> useful in leprosy and blood diseases.
>
> In Ayurveda it has been observed that Gamhar fruit is acrid, sour,
> bitter, sweet, cooling, diuretic tonic, aphrodisiac, alternative
> astringent to the bowels, promote growth of hairs, useful in
> `vata', thirst, anaemia, leprosy, ulcers and vaginal discharge.
>
> The plant is recommended in combination with other drugs for the
> treatment of snake – bite and scorpion- sting. In snake – bite a
> decoction of the root and bark is given internally.
> Local names
> Gmelina arborea is locally called by different names in different
> languages:
>
> * Assamese- gomari
> * Bengali- gamari, gambar, gumbar
> * Gujarati- Shewan, Sivan
> * Hindi- gamhar, khamara, khumbhari, sewan
> * Kannada- kulimavu, kumbuda, kumulu
> * Kasmiri- mara, shivani
> * Malayalam- kumbil, kumbulu, kumilu, kumiska, pokki
> * Marathi- shivan, siwan
> * Oriya- bhodropornni, gambari, kumar
> * Punjabi- gumhar, kumhar
> * Sanskrit- bhadraparni, gambhari, gandhari, kasmari,
> krishnavrintaka, sarvatobhadra, shriparni
> * Tamil- kumla, kumalamaram, kumil, ummithekku
> * Telugu- gumartek, gummadi, summadi
>