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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), Babul (Acacia arabica), Bamboo, Bor (Zizyphus jujuba), Chinch (Tamarindus indica), Kalamb (Stephegyne or Nauclea parvifolia), Karand (Carissa Carandas), 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 and firewood, which, provides the major source of energy and income for the tribals.1
It has the 3rd highest area under forests in Thane district 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, 97 types of wild animals; 1/4th of them being categorized as endangered.
It has a significant share in terms of area under food grains, food crops, vegetable cultivation, grass fodder and most importantly the Chikoos. It also has 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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