SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Deodar
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Chir pine
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Myrobalan
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Silver Fir
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Detailed explanation-1: -Distribution : Extensive chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) forests are found in the Himalaya between an elevation of 1000m and 1900m. Chir pine yields commercially important oleo-resin which forms the raw material for rosin and turpentine oil industry in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Turpentine oil is made from the resin of certain pine trees.
Detailed explanation-3: -Important pines for turpentine production include: maritime pine (Pinus pinaster), Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), Masson’s pine (Pinus massoniana), Sumatran pine (Pinus merkusii), longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), slash pine (Pinus elliottii), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa).
Detailed explanation-4: -Pinus longifolia is one of the pine tree from which turpentine is obtained. This belong to Pinaceae family of gymnosperms. Resin, in the most specific meaning of the term, is a hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.