Botanical name of vetiver oil is Vetivera zizanioides.
Palmrosa grass oil is known as Geraniol.
Eg. of leaf tans are Anogeissus latifoila and Carissa spinarum.
Eg. of fruit tans used for commercial utilization is Terminalia cheubla, Terminalia bellirica, Embilica officinalia and Acacia nilotica.
Terminalia cheubla fruit tans is commercially called as Myrobalans.
Eg. of bark tans :- Acacia nilotica, Cassia auriculata, Cassia fistula and Shorae robusta.
The gum resin gamboges is obtained from Garcinia morella.
Black dammer is Canaricum strictum.
Rock dammer is Hopea odorata.
White dammer (vellapine) is Vetaria indica.
The Indian copal tree is Vetaria indica.
Green dammer is Shorea thamuggaia.
The regularly tapping resin tree is Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine).
The blue pine (kail) tree is Pinus wallichiana.
Khasi pine is Pinus kesiya.
Acacia gum is commercially called as Gum Arabic.
The Indian gum Arabic or blue gum is Acacia nilotica.
Bengal kino (palas) is obtained from Butea monosperma.
Khair tree is Acacia catechu.
Persian lilac tree is Melia azadirachta.
Indian kapok (semul) tree is Bombax ceiba.
Stem fibre is commercially extracted by retting method.
For manufacturing of gunny bags which fibre yielding plants is being used in India :-
Corchorus capsularis and Corchorus clitorius.
White fibre or true hemp of commerce is a commercial name of Cannabis sativa.
Sunhemp is extracted from Crotalaria juncea.
Manila hemp is a commercial name of Musa textilis and it is indigenous to Philippines but extensively cultivated in India.
Palmrosa oil is the product of rosha grass Cymbopogon martini.
Two important variety of Cymbopogon martini is Motia and Sofia.
Scientific name of kusum tree is Schleichera oleosa.
Karanj oil is extracted from Pongamia pinnata.
The principle colouring matter of the seeds of Bixa orellana :- Bixin.
The kamela fruit dye of commerce is obtained from Mallotus philippensis.
A popular flower dye is obtained from the well - known dhak or palas Butea monosperma.
National Newsprint and Paper Mills established at Nepanagar.
The chief constituents of the heartwood of Acacia chundra is Catechin (Katha) and Catechu tannic acid (Cutch).
The improved method of Katha and Cutch extraction is factory method.
Lac is a valuable resin secreted by the lac insect is Laccifer lacca.
Commercial host for lac insect :- Butea monosperma (Palas), Zizyphus mauratina (Ber) and Schleichera oleosa (Kusum).
Best quality lac is produced from Schleichera oleosa (kusum).
The lac larvae come out from the lac encrustrations in large numbers and the phenomena is called as swarming.
Two distinct strains of lac insect in India is Kusum and Rangeeni.
Rangeeni contributes to nearly 80 – 90 % of the country’s production.
The Indian Lac Research Institute is situated at Namkun (Bihar).
Two important product is obtained from pines is Turpentine and Resin.
Resin is obtained from pine tree by tapping method.
The method of tapping commonly adopted is the French one is called Cup and Lip method.
The new method of resin tapping is rill method.
The wood is partially burnt or carbonized and the residue left behind is known as Charcoal.
Lac is a resinous secretion of insects.
Udal fibre is a soft fibre.
The mature lac is otherwise called as brood lac.
Felling cycle for bamboo is 3 - 4 years.
Gall tan is obtained from Tamarix sp.
Shellack is obtained from Laccifera lacca (insect).
The commercial name of Canes is Rattans.
The quality of lemon grass oil is judged mainly by Citral.
Citronella oil is obtained from Cymbopogan nardus.
The chief constituent of sandalwood oil is Santalol.
The chief constituent of oil is obtained from Citrus limonia is Citral.
Veteria indica (vellapine) seeds yield a solid oil known as piney tallow.
Shorea robusta is commonly called as Sal.
Waxes are usually found on the epidermis leaves and fruits.
Terminalia arjuna yields tannin content in bark is 20 – 24 per cent.
The resin exuded by Shorea robusta (Sal) is known as Ral.
Vetiver oil is also called as khus oil.
Mint oil is obtained from Mentha arvensis.
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