Xylia Xylocarpa
Family : Leguminosae - Mimosoideae
Common Name : Burma Ironwood, Pyinkado
English Name : Burma Ironwood, Pyinkado
Hindi Name : Jambu,Surya
Telugu Name : Kondatangedu, Konda Tangedu
Tree Characteristics :
Burma Ironwood is a large deciduous tree to over 18 m high by 60 cm trunk diameter, native of eastern India, Burma and Thailand. Leaves are double-compound, carried on stalks 3-6 cm long. Leaflets are 2-4 pairs - lowest leaflets are 3-4 cm long, with a pointed tip. End leaflet is 7-15 cm long. Stalkless tiny white flowers arise in round heads 2 cm in diameter, carried in slender 7 cm long stalks. Pod is 10-16 cm long, 6 cm wide, woody, rusty velvety, shaped like a boomerang, splitting into two twisted segments. Flowering: March-April.
Nursery Practice :
Nursery raised seedlings do not stand planting out well owing to injury to root. Direct sowing in well-loosened patches at 2 mts, intervals in rows 3 mts, apart is advocated. Plantations of this species is not common as it's natural regeneration is very good. No. of seeds per kg is 3,350; Germination Percentage is 90 and the germination Period is 7 to 15 days.
Economic Use:
The wood is mainly utilized in heavy construction, house building, making bridges etc, as well as for railway sleepers, ship building, agricultural implements, tool handles etc.
The wood is prized for fuel and for making charcoal.
The woody pods are used as fuel for cooking.
The oil from the seeds is used in the treatment of rheumatism, piles and leprosy.
