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Forest Wealth, Crops and Livestock
Agriculture | Horticulture | Fishing | Toddy Tapping | Forest wealth
Dahanu taluka provides the important forest trees which include Avla (Phyllanthus emblica), Babhul (Acacia arabica), Bamboo, Bel, Bor (Zizyphus jujuba), Chinch (Tamarindus indica), Kalamb (Stephegyne or Nauclea parvifolia), Karand (Carissa Carandas), Karonj (Pongamia glabra), Karvi (Strobilanthus grahamianus), Khair (Acacia catechu), Moha (Bassia latifolia, a liquor yielding tree), Nimb (Melia indica), Palas (Butea frondosa), Phanas (Antocarpus integrifolia), Sag (Tectona grandis, the teak), Savar (Bombax malabaricum), etc. and forest products like charcoal, gum, honey, apart from the firewood, which, provides the major source of energy, also an important source of income for the tribals.1
It has the 3rd highest area under forests in Thane district which are amongst the most valuable and well preserve d forests in Maharashtra and has a recorded data of 120 varieties of trees, 122 species of common plants, 48 species of shrubs, 72 species of herbs and grass, 54 types of medicinal plants, 3 species of bamboo, 7 plant species that have been declared as rare and endangered, 79 species of wild birds and 97 types of wild animals; one-fourth of them being categorized as endangered.
It has a significant share in terms of area under food grains and food crops as well as significant area under vegetable cultivation, grass fodder and most importantly the Chikoos apart from Coconuts, Mangoes and other fruits.
It also has a significant share in the livestock economy, having one of the highest proportions of total and cross breed cows and goats in the district.
1: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (Facsimile Reproduction) Thana. Originally printed in 1882. Volume XIII, Part I, pp. 23-31.
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