Kelampayan (Jabon or Neolamarckia cadamba)Better Tree…… |
✔For plywood industry |
✔For pulp and paper industry |
✔For lignocellulosic biofuel industry |
✔For pharmaceutical industry |
Why Kelampayan? |
❖ One of the approved species recommended by MTIB (Malaysia Timber Industry Board) for the country’s Reforestation Program. |
❖ Clonal Cultured. |
❖ Fast-growing species with short rotation cycle (5-8 years). |
❖ Self-pruning species. |
❖ Soil improver: Sheds large amounts of leaf (self-pruning) which on decomposition improve some physical and chemical properties of soil. |
❖ Commands high market prospect. |
Clonal plantations grow faster than traditional plant (seed germinated). Recent studies comparing clonal Kelampayan plantation of 3 years of age, established under the same site and summited to the same management, shows average gain of up to 56% in the total volume of clonal trees. |
Kelampayan Clonal Culture the way forward
| Seedlings Trees / 24Months Average base diameter 3″ Average height 18 ft |
Clonal Trees / 22Months Average base diameter 5″ Average height 30 ft |
Technical Specification |
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| Soil type | Wide range of soil is suitable, such as ultisol, oxisol, vertisol, andisol, inceptisol, spodosol and entisol |
| Land Conditions | High water table, low lying area, Water log area |
| Plantation Height | 10-800 altitude metres above sea level |
| Maximum Growth Height | Approximate 45 metres |
| Sellable Diameter | Approximate 30cm |
| Flower | Flowering 5 – 6 years. (June – August) |
| Fruit | No |
| Common Uses | Plywood, wood veneer, lightweight construction, paper and furniture |