Coppicing Behaviour of Selected forest Tree Species

Abstract

A coppicing study done at College of Forestry, KeralaAgricultural University, Vellanikkars revealed that a,ll the four species selected viz., Macaranga peltata, Samania saman, Terminalia belerica, Albizia falcataria and four provenances of Dalbergia latifolia were having good coppicing power. Maximum number of coppices were produced by Terminalia belerica while provenances of Dalbergia latifolia produced sprouts of more length, girth and leaf production. In general, coppicing ability was found to be more when pruning was done at a height of 60cm.