scholarly journals Secondary xylary features in proving truth/falsity of an alibi: examples of three important Indian commercial woods

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandip More ◽  
Dipak Kumar Paruya ◽  
Subir Bera
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Santalum Album ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Local Markets ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
Pterocarpus Santalinus ◽  
Red Sanders ◽  
Reference Samples

Secondary xylary characters of wood are useful to identify a wood up to its generic or specific level and thus may prove or disprove the alibi of the retailers i.e., a wood is genuine or not. In the present study, 26 wood samples were collected from the local markets of Baruipur, Sealdah and Garia in Kolkata, West Bengal. Among them, 8 were sold as ‘Sandal wood’ (Santalum album), 4 as ‘Red Sanders’ (Pterocarpus santalinus) and 14 as ‘Sal wood’ (Shorea robusta). Results indicate that xylotomical features of most of the collected ‘sandal wood’ and ‘red sander’ samples did not match with the reference Santalum album and Pterocarpus santalinus samples whereas most of the collected ‘Sal wood’ samples from furniture shops matched with the reference samples of Shorea robusta. Present study successfully indicates that xylotomical investigations of commercial wood may establish the authenticity of wood of commerce.

Corticolous Lichen Species Diversity on Dominant Trees in Selected Sacred Groves of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 447-464
Author(s):  
U. K. Sen ◽  
R. K. Bhakat
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Growth Forms ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Community Based Conservation

Sacred groves are the fairly well-protected system of community-based conservation of tree patches on account of their association with village gods, and repository of many rare and threatened elements of biodiversity. There are, however, few publications on lichens of sacred groves. The lichens have long been regarded as sensitive indicators for monitoring environmental state. The present study reports one hundred and sixteen species of lichens from forty-four genera of nineteen families in four selected sacred groves of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. These lichens represent two different growth forms, i.e. crustose (105 species) and foliose (11 species). Shorea robusta, a dominant tree species in two sacred groves bears the highest lichen diversity with seventy-four species. To better understand the related biodiversity and climate, this work is likely to promote further studies on lichen diversity in other regions of West Bengal.

Lactarius brunneocinnamomeus, a new species of Lactarius subgenus Russularia from West Bengal, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 416 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-300
Author(s):  
SOUMITRA PALOI ◽  
ANNEMIEKE VERBEKEN ◽  
KRISHNENDU ACHARYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
A New Species

Lactarius brunneocinnamomeus found in Shorea robusta (‎Dipterocarpaceae) dominated forest, is proposed as a new species. The species belongs to L. subg. Russularia, sect. Russularia. It is easily recognized by a light brown to orange brown pileus with concentric zones, milky white latex and a palisade to trichopalisade as a pileipellis. Its phylogenetic position inside the genus is based on the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. A complete description, drawings and photographs of the new species are provided. The new species is compared with morphologically similar and phylogenetically allied species.

Stakeholders' perceptions on developing sustainable Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus L.) wood trade in Andhra Pradesh, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidhanand Kukrety ◽  
Puneet Dwivedi ◽  
Shibu Jose ◽  
Janaki R.R. Alavalapati
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Pterocarpus Santalinus ◽  
Red Sanders

scholarly journals Review on utilization of bark of red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus L.): An economically important tree

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-396
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
◽  
Surendra Singh Bisht ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pterocarpus Santalinus ◽  
Red Sanders

scholarly journals Non-Inverse J - shaped population distribution: Peculiarity of Red Sanders forests

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 11356
Author(s):  
S. Suresh Ramanan ◽  
T. K. Kunhamu
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Pterocarpus Santalinus ◽  
Red Sanders ◽  
Density Population

Response to the published article "A study on the density, population structure and regeneration of Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) (Fabales: Fabaceae) in a protected natural habitat of Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India" by Ankalaiah et al. 2017. 

scholarly journals Study of indigenous freshwater fish diversity of Bankura (West Bengal), India with special reference to Clarias batrachus

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1162-1172
Author(s):  
Arindam Ganguly ◽  
Amrita Banerjee ◽  
Asish Mandal ◽  
Tapas Kumar Dutta ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Das Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Clarias Batrachus ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
African Catfish ◽  
Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix ◽  
Local Markets ◽  
Wallago Attu ◽  
Bankura District

A study was conducted to determine the ichthyofaunal diversity in Bankura district of West Bengal. The area is traversed by major and minor rivers, feeder channels, numerous ponds, bills, reservoirs which have made this drought-trodden district as the highest producer of aquatic products within the state. Field survey was conducted in randomly selected local markets covering twenty-two blocks of Bankura. Fish sampling was carried out using various conventional fishing gears. The entire region harbours a wide variety of aquatic fishes. A total number of 92 indigenous fish species belonging to 30 families were identified during this study. The Cyprinidae family dominated the population with its 36 varieties followed by Channidae, Siluridae and Bagridae. Sonamukhi block situated in Shali basin; Sarenga and Raipur of Kangsabati basin; Dwarkeshwar and seven bundhs- enriched Bishnupur were the major habitats of small indigenous fishes. This paper also denotes presence of 12 globally endemic freshwater fish species viz. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Cyprinus carpio, Labeo nandina, Tor khudree, Chitala chitala, Bagarius bagarius, Wallago attu, Ompok pabda, Ailia coila, Anguilla bengalensis, Parambassis lala, Oreochromis mossambicus. The substitution of native Clarias batrachus with invasive African catfish C. gariepinus was observed in various local markets. Some traders even promote illicit farming of this banned species for their own profit. As a consequence, the indigenous, nutritionally-enriched C. batrachus is becoming more endangered.

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