NOTE ON SAIN ok SAiK 15 



(ii) Central Provinces. 



Vernacular names. Am (Marathi), Saj, Saja or Barsaj (Hindi), 

 Maddi karra (Telegu) . 



Local distribution. This tree occurs in almost all the forest tracts 

 of the Central Provinces and is often the commonest. It is inclined to 

 be gregarious and attains large girth in the moist fertile flats and especi- 

 ally affects nalas. Where Sal occurs it is found with it and thrives 

 between 500 and 2,000 feet above sea-level, small trees ascending to 

 3,000 feet, and is also found in teak forest in some districts. It often 

 forms 10 to 30 per cent, of the standing crop and occasionally as much 

 as 50 per cent, and stunted trees are abundant on black cotton soil, which 

 many species do not like. 



Extraction. The forests containing this species are nearly always 

 worked under the Coppice with Standards method, but in Mandla, part of 

 South Chanda, part of Seoni, Chindwara, and Hoshaugabad the yield is 

 principally derived from Improvement fellings. The sizes of timber 

 obtainable accordingly vary much and rates for different kinds are given 

 in the table below. At present the market value of the timber is not 

 great enough to bear the cost of transport from the more remote forests, 

 and roads or tramways would be able to tap rich areas still almost un- 

 touched. The Coppice with Standards coupes are usually sold as they 

 stand to purchasers, but departmental extraction is carried on in a few 

 districts. 



From the figures given in the table will be seen the approximate 

 amount of timber available, but no accurate returns for past extraction, 

 and no further estimates of any value for future outturn can be given at 

 present. 



