Butea monosperma: a leguminous species for sustainable forestry programmes

Apurva Rai (), Vimal Chandra Pandey, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Nandita Ghoshal and Nandita Singh ()
Additional contact information
Apurva Rai: CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
Vimal Chandra Pandey: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Ashutosh Kumar Singh: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nandita Ghoshal: Banaras Hindu University
Nandita Singh: CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 6, No 22, 8492-8505

Abstract: Abstract Forestry and greening programs in urban area are faced due to lack of awareness about multiple roles/benefits of trees, especially their role in drought proofing, prevention of soil and water run-off, degraded land restoration, livelihood security and sustainable development. In this regard, Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taubert, a medium-sized legume tree species, has gained much importance because of its multipurpose usage and well adaptability to forestry programs. We have documented the importance of Butea monosperma by surveys and compared with available literature. During the exhaustive surveys, 250 locals were interviewed between 2014 and 2016. We recorded maximum information of Butea monosperma viz. botanical description, traditional knowledge, commercial status, medicinal values and ecological importance. Globally, a reduction in its distribution has categorized it as an endangered species; the main reasons are overexploitation and inadequate awareness. Thus, the present paper deals with the beneficial uses and effectiveness of Butea monosperma for urban forestry and greening which could lead to generate interest in rising demand and value to broaden the scope for conservation, value addition and identification of multipurpose species.

Keywords: Butea monosperma; Relative frequency; Multipurpose species; Ecological importance; Sonebhadra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10668-020-00977-7 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:endesu:v:23:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1007_s10668-020-00977-7

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/10668

DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00977-7

Access Statistics for this article

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development is currently edited by Luc Hens

More articles in Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().