Fodder Trees for Livestock

As part of our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we are going to see the different Fodder Trees which can be grown for feeding our Livestock.

S.No.	Botanical Name	Common Name / Tamil Name
1	A. leucophloea	Velvel, White babul
2	A. nilotica	Karuvel, Black babul
3	Acacia  planifrons	Umbrella tree / Kudaivel
4	Acacia catechu	Karungali
5	Ailanthes excelsa	Match wood tree
6	Albizzia lebbek Vagai	Vagai
7	Azadirachta indica	Vembu
8	Dalbergia sisoo	Sisoo
9	Delonix regia	Gulmohar
10	Enterolobium saman	Rain tree
11	Erythrina indica	Mulmurungai / Kalyana murungai
12	Ficus  religiosa	Peepal tree / Arasamaram
13	Ficus bengalensis	Banyan tree  / Alamaram
14	Glyciridia maculata	Glyricidia
15	Hardwickia binata	Acha
16	Leucaena leucocephala	Subabul / Soundal
17	Madhca indica	Illuppai
18	Melia azadirachta	Malaivembu
19	Pitheclobium dulci	Kodukapuli
20	Pongamia glabra	Pungam
21	Sesbania grandiflora	Agathi