Ecology
What this tree does for the land
Binds riverbanks, sequesters carbon fast, and regrows without replanting.
Income-bearing species
🎋 Bamboo · மூங்கில்
Moongil — The fastest carbon sink here — harvestable culms on a short cycle.
Traditional uses
What this tree gives
- •Culms (construction, craft)
- •Shoots (food)
- •Carbon
Community income
What a tree earns
Cumulative income a village guardian or co-op can draw from one tree of this species, at each horizon.
5 years
₹4.0k
per tree, cumulative
10 years
₹22.0k
per tree, cumulative
20 years
₹70.0k
per tree, cumulative
First culm harvest from year 4; annual cycles thereafter.
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