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Country

Zone

System

Promising speciesForestry plants

Fruit plants

Crops/grasses/shrubs

Sri Lanka

Low country dry zone

Live fences

g

Hill mango (

Commiphora caudata

Wight & Arn.), Portia tree (

Thespesia

populnea

L.

Soland. ex Correa),

White gul mohur (

Delonix elata

L.

Gamble), Gliricidia, Aal (

Morinda

coreia

Buch. Ham), Drumstick

(Moringa oleifera

Lam.), Subabul,

Teak, Neem, Indian balm of gilead (Commiphora berryi

Arn.) and Indian

Labernum (

Erythrina indica

Lam.)

Custard apple (

Annona

squamosa

L.), Betelnut

palm (

Areca catechu

L.),

Jack fruit (

Artocarpus

heterophyllus

Lam.),

Palmyra (

Borassus

flabellifer

L.), Papaya

(Carica papaya

L.),

Coconut (

Cocos nucifera

L.), Indian wood-apple (Limonia acidissima

L.),

Mango, Cassava, Wild date palm (

Phoenix

sylvestris

Roxb.), Guava,

Indian blackberry (Syzygium cumini

L.) and

Tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica

L.)

Shrubs: China rose (

Hibiscus

rosa-sinensis

L.), Gunja (

Lannea

grandis

(Dennst.) Engl.) Wild sage

(Lantana camara

L.), Castor

(Ricinus communis

L.), Crepe

jasmine (

Tabernaemontana

divaricata

R.Br. Ex Roem. &

Schult.) and Yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana

(Pers). K

Shum)

Home gardens

h

Neem, Cashew (

Anacardium

occidentale

L.) and Coconut

Bang-ladesh

Dryland

Traditional home gardens

i

Neem, Big leaf mahogany (

Swietenia

macrophylla

King.), River red gum

and Teak

Ficus

spp., Monkey jack

(Artocarpus lakoocha

Roxb.), Jack fruit

,^

Drumstick, Indian blackberry, Guava

, Wild

date palm, Palmyra, Coconut, Pomegranate, Indian plum, Kadam (Anthocephalus cadamba

Roxb. Miq.) and Bael

Source:

aVenkateswarlu (

2004

);

bRahim and Hasnain (

2010

);

cGintings and Lait (

1994

d;

Ali et

al. (

2011

);

eSubhan (

1990

);

fAmin (

1987

);

gJayavanan et

al.

(^2014

);

hMattsson et

al. (

2015

);

iMustafa and Haruni (

2002

)

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