Research Article

Biomass Estimation of Dry Tropical Woody Species at Juvenile Stage

Table 1

Range of stem diameter ( 𝐷 ), height ( 𝐻 ), and wood-specific gravity ( 𝜌 ) of the juvenile tree species harvested from the study site. 𝑛 = 1 0 per species.

S. no.Species 𝜌 (g cm−3) 𝐷 (cm) 𝐻 (cm)

(1)Acacia auriculiformis0.47–0.520.5–3.130.5–103.4
(2)Acacia catechu0.48–0.580.6–2.930.8–99.2
(3)Adina cordifolia0.34–0.380.6–3.131.4–112.6
(4)Albizia odoratissima0.47–0.570.7–2.730.7–94.5
(5)Anogeissus latifolia0.56–0.640.6–3.130.6–108.8
(6)Azadirachta indica0.52–0.580.5–2.931.6–98.3
(7)Bauhinia racemosa0.52–0.580.9–3.131.5–99.5
(8)Boswellia serrata0.34–0.380.6–2.830.4–98.0
(9)Bridelia retusa0.48–0.560.8–3.030.7–98.6
(10)Buchanania lanzan0.45–0.560.7–2.931.7–88.9
(11)Carissa spinarum0.52–0.570.6–3.130.6–89.7
(12)Cassia fistula0.51–0.560.8–2.630.4–91.0
(13)Cassia siamea0.53–0.590.6–3.130.5–111.7
(14)Chloroxylon swietenia0.47–0.540.7–3.131.6–99.6
(15)Dendrocalamus strictus0.45–0.490.7–2.860.8–196.0
(16)Diospyros melanoxylon0.53–0.580.5–3.130.8–89.6
(17)Elaeodendron glaucum0.51–0.570.7–3.030.5–99.4
(18)Emblica officinalis0.53–0.580.6–2.830.6–117.0
(19)Flacourtia indica0.55–0.590.7–3.131.4–99.7
(20)Gardenia latifolia0.48–0.530.8–2.930.5–98.3
(21)Gardenia turgida0.51–0.550.7–2.831.6–98.0
(22)Grewia hirsuta0.48–0.530.6–3.130.6–99.4
(23)Grewia serrulata0.51–0.550.8–2.830.7–98.0
(24)Hardwickia binata0.58–0.650.8–2.930.4–98.7
(25)Holarrhena antidysenterica0.52–0.550.6–2.830.8–98.0
(26)Holoptelea integrifolia0.52–0.580.5–3.131.4–99.4
(27)Hymenodictyon excelsum0.48–0.540.8–3.030.8–99.5
(28)Indigofera cassioides0.48–0.520.7–2.930.3–98.3
(29)Lagerstroemia parviflora0.52–0.570.8–2.831.2–98.0
(30)Lannea coromandelica0.35–0.410.6–3.130.5–116.3
(31)Lantana camara0.42–0.460.8–2.830.4–98.0
(32)Madhuca longifolia0.47–0.540.7–2.930.8–98.5
(33)Miliusa tomentosa0.52–0.560.6–3.131.0–99.7
(34)Mitragyna parvifolia0.51–0.590.7–2.930.4–98.6
(35)Nyctanthes arbortristis0.48–0.530.7–3.131.4–99.3
(36Ougeinia oogenesis0.51–0.540.6–3.130.7–99.2
(37)Pterocarpus marsupium0.58–0.670.6–2.730.6–94.5
(38)Schleichera oleosa0.51–0.540.5–3.130.8–99.6
(39)Schrebera swietenioides0.51–0.580.6–2.931.6–98.4
(40)Semecarpus anacardium0.41–0.460.6–3.130.5–99.4
(41)Shorea robusta0.61–0.670.5–2.930.7–119.6
(42)Soymida febrifuga0.53–0.580.7–3.131.7–98.8
(43)Terminalia tomentosa0.61–0.670.7–2.930.7–98.5
(44)Woodfordia fruticosa0.49–0.550.8–2.930.6–87.9
(45)Zizyphus glaberrima0.48–0.550.7–3.031.4–98.5
(46)Zizyphus nummularia0.52–0.560.9–2.931.5–98.7
(47)Zizyphus oenoplea0.47–0.530.6–3.130.4–89.4
Average0.531.9067.8