Traditional Agroforestry Systems of Northeast India
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Table 2 List of traditional agroforestry system with dominant functional component
Species name
Component crop
Kalitas
I. Fruit tree-based: Artocapus heterophyllus
Lam., Mangifera indica Linn., Citrus
reticulata Blanco., Musa sp., Ananus
comosus Merr, Zizyphus jujuba Lamk.,
Cocos nucifera Linn., Areca catechu Linn.,
Dillenia indica Linn., Elaeocarpus
floribundus Blume., Citrus limon (L) Burm.,
Winter vegetables: Brassica oleracea Linn.
Var. capitata, Brassica oleracea Linn. Var.
botrytis, Raphanus sativus Linn., Daucus
carrota Linn., Coriandrum sativum Linn.
Summer vegetables: Solanum melongena
Linn., Capsicum annum Linn., Cucurbita
moschata Poir., Momordica charantia Linn.,
Lycopersicum esculentum Linn., Luffa
cylindrica Roxb., Cucurmis sativus Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Zea mays Linn
II. Bamboo-based: Bambusa tulda Roxb.,
Bambusa nutans Wall., Bambusa pallida
Munro., Bambusa balcooa Roxb.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn.
III. Timber-based:
Duabanga sonneratioides Buch., Terminalia
myriocarpa Heurek. & Muell., Michelia
champaca., Gmelina arborea Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn., Zea mays Linn.
Vegetables: Beta vulgaris Linn.Var.
benghaliensis., Raphanus sativus Linn.,
Solanum tuberosum Linn., Brassica
campestris Linn.
Nyishis
I. Fruit tree-based: Psidium guajava Linn,
Mangifera indica Linn., Citrus reticulata
Blanco., Musa sp., Ananus comosus Merr,
Zizyphus jujuba Lamk., Carica papaya
Linn., Areca catechu Linn., Dillenia indica
Linn., Elaeocarpus floribundus Blume.,
Citrus limon (L) Burm.,
Vegetables: Phaseolus vulgaris Linn.,
Ipomoea batatas (L) Laurk., Dioscorea sp
Linn., Manihot esculenta Crantz., Brassica
oleracea Linn. Var. botrytis, Daucus carrota
Linn., Coriandrum sativum Linn.
Solanum melongena Linn., Capsicum annum
Linn., Cucurbita moschata Poir., Momordica
charantia Linn., Lycopersicum esculentum
Linn., Luffa cylindrica Roxb., Cucurmis
sativus Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Eleusine
coracana Linn., Zea mays Linn
III. Timber-based: Mesua ferrea.,
Duabanga sonneratioides Buch., Terminalia
myriocarpa Heurek. & Muell., Michelia
champaca., Gmelina arborea Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn., Zea mays Linn.
Vegetables: Beta vulgaris Linn.Var.
benghaliensis., Raphanus sativus Linn.,
Solanum tuberosum Linn., Brassica
campestris Linn.
Oil-yielding: Sesamum indicum Linn.,
Glycine max (L) Merr.
Apatanis
I. Fruit tree-based: Pyrus malus Linn, Pyrus
communis Linn, Prunus domestica Linn,
Vitis Vinifera Linn., Citrus reticulata Blanco.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Eleusine
coracana Linn., Zea mays Linn
II. Bamboo-based: Phyllostachys
bambusoides Sieb & Zucc.
III. Timber species-based: Pinus
wallichiana A.B. Jack., Morus laevigata
Wall., Altingia excelsa Noron.
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Table 2 List of traditional agroforestry system with dominant functional component
Species name
Component crop
Kalitas
I. Fruit tree-based: Artocapus heterophyllus
Lam., Mangifera indica Linn., Citrus
reticulata Blanco., Musa sp., Ananus
comosus Merr, Zizyphus jujuba Lamk.,
Cocos nucifera Linn., Areca catechu Linn.,
Dillenia indica Linn., Elaeocarpus
floribundus Blume., Citrus limon (L) Burm.,
Winter vegetables: Brassica oleracea Linn.
Var. capitata, Brassica oleracea Linn. Var.
botrytis, Raphanus sativus Linn., Daucus
carrota Linn., Coriandrum sativum Linn.
Summer vegetables: Solanum melongena
Linn., Capsicum annum Linn., Cucurbita
moschata Poir., Momordica charantia Linn.,
Lycopersicum esculentum Linn., Luffa
cylindrica Roxb., Cucurmis sativus Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Zea mays Linn
II. Bamboo-based: Bambusa tulda Roxb.,
Bambusa nutans Wall., Bambusa pallida
Munro., Bambusa balcooa Roxb.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn.
III. Timber-based:
Duabanga sonneratioides Buch., Terminalia
myriocarpa Heurek. & Muell., Michelia
champaca., Gmelina arborea Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn., Zea mays Linn.
Vegetables: Beta vulgaris Linn.Var.
benghaliensis., Raphanus sativus Linn.,
Solanum tuberosum Linn., Brassica
campestris Linn.
Nyishis
I. Fruit tree-based: Psidium guajava Linn,
Mangifera indica Linn., Citrus reticulata
Blanco., Musa sp., Ananus comosus Merr,
Zizyphus jujuba Lamk., Carica papaya
Linn., Areca catechu Linn., Dillenia indica
Linn., Elaeocarpus floribundus Blume.,
Citrus limon (L) Burm.,
Vegetables: Phaseolus vulgaris Linn.,
Ipomoea batatas (L) Laurk., Dioscorea sp
Linn., Manihot esculenta Crantz., Brassica
oleracea Linn. Var. botrytis, Daucus carrota
Linn., Coriandrum sativum Linn.
Solanum melongena Linn., Capsicum annum
Linn., Cucurbita moschata Poir., Momordica
charantia Linn., Lycopersicum esculentum
Linn., Luffa cylindrica Roxb., Cucurmis
sativus Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Eleusine
coracana Linn., Zea mays Linn
III. Timber-based: Mesua ferrea.,
Duabanga sonneratioides Buch., Terminalia
myriocarpa Heurek. & Muell., Michelia
champaca., Gmelina arborea Linn.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn., Zea mays Linn.
Vegetables: Beta vulgaris Linn.Var.
benghaliensis., Raphanus sativus Linn.,
Solanum tuberosum Linn., Brassica
campestris Linn.
Oil-yielding: Sesamum indicum Linn.,
Glycine max (L) Merr.
Apatanis
I. Fruit tree-based: Pyrus malus Linn, Pyrus
communis Linn, Prunus domestica Linn,
Vitis Vinifera Linn., Citrus reticulata Blanco.
Cereals: Oryza sativa Linn, Eleusine
coracana Linn., Zea mays Linn
II. Bamboo-based: Phyllostachys
bambusoides Sieb & Zucc.
III. Timber species-based: Pinus
wallichiana A.B. Jack., Morus laevigata
Wall., Altingia excelsa Noron.