Abstract

This report contains data gathered while evaluating the plantation potentials of six moist deciduous species indigenous to the State of Kerala. The species investigated are A. odoratissima (L.f.) Benth., Grewia tiliifolia vahl, Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Taub., Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wt., Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. and Xylia xylocarpa. (Roxb.) Taub. Apart from the silvicultural and plantation trial aspects of the six species delt with, the report also includes details on the pest and disease incidences in the natural stands, nurseries and trail plantations of all the six species and control measures for those potential pests and pathogens observed either in the nursery or in the plantation trial experiment. Supplementing the data on the above mentioned aspects of the investigation, information gathered on the botanical, ecological, and wood anatomical and utilization aspects of the six species based on studies in their natural populations in Kerala are also provided