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Table 5 List of Lac host plants and their suitability
Sl. No Host plants
Family
Common name
Strain
Suitable crop
Major host
1.
Butea
monosperma
(Lam.) Taub.
Fabaceae
Palas
Rangeeni Summer and
rainy
2.
Schleichera
oleosa (Lour.)
Oken
Sapindaceae
Kusun
Kusmi
Summer and
winter
3.
Ziziphus
mauritiana
Lam.
Rhamnaceae
Ber
Rangeeni Premature
summer
4.
Ziziphus
mauritiana
Lam.
Rhamnaceae
Ber
Kusmi
Winter
Other hosts
5.
Senegalia
catechu (L.f.)
P.J.H. Hurter &
Mabb.
Fabaceae
Khair
Kusmi
Winter
6.
Albizia lebbeck
(L.) Benth.
Fabaceae
Siris
Kusmi
Winter
7.
Archidendron
turgidum
(Merr.) I.C.
Nielsen
Fabaceae
Galwang
Kusmi
Summer
8.
Albizia saman
(Jacq.) Merr
Fabaceae
Rain tree
Rangeeni Summer and
9.
Croton
caudatus
Geiseler
Euphorbiaceae Putri
Rangeeni Summer rainy
10.
Ficus
semicordata
Buch. Ex J.E.
Smith
Moraceae
Porho
Rangeeni Summer
11.
Ficus virens W.
T. Aiton
Moraceae
Putkal
Rangeeni Summer
12.
Ficus
minahassae
(Teijsm. & De
Vriese) Miq.
Moraceae
Dumber
Rangeeni Summer
13.
Ficus religiosa
L.
Moraceae
Pipel
Rangeeni Summer
(continued)