Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Give one use of each: teak, sal, myrobalan, sisam, sandalwood, eucalyptus.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Teak: It is the most important of the deciduous trees. It is used for house construction, furniture, ship-building. It is hard and durable. It resists while ants and nails dor not rust in it.
Sal: It is hard-and heavy. It is immune to white ants. Hence it is used in railway sleepers.
Myrobalan: It grows abundantly in Tamil Nadu. It bears fruits which are dried and then used as tanning material in processing hides and skins.
Sisam: It is an erect deciduous tree. It is mostly used in furnitures industry.
Sandalwood: It is found in the Karnataka forests. It is used in making sandalwood oil and perfumes. Sandalwood oil of Mysore is famous.
Eucalyptus: It is another important tree of the Karnataka forests. It is known for its lofty stature. Its wood is raw material for the paper industry. Eucalyptus oil is also available from it.
संबंधित प्रश्न
With reference to Littoral forest, answer the following questions:
Name one area in India where this forest is found.
Give two ways in which forests are important.
Name the forests which grow on the windward slope of the Western Ghats.
Give three reasons for rapid depletion of forest resources in India in the past.
Name the tree, the timber of which could be used for the following:
A hard durable timber used for shipbuilding and furniture making.
Name one region in India for each of the following:
Explain why thorn and scrub forests are found in the above-mentioned regions.
State one characteristic feature of the forest found in the Nilgiri Hills
Classify the following trees as Soft-wood and Hard-wood trees:
Fir, Pine, Teak, Spruce, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Chir, Sal, Shisham and Silver Fir.
Give one important use of the following types of trees:
Sandalwood
Name any three trees found in monsoon deciduous forests and state one use of each of these trees.
