IS THE MANGO WOOD GOOD FOR SOMETHING BESIDES HINDU FUNERAL PYRES?
Yes, many things. Mango wood is also used to make rafters, window frames, agricultural implements, boxes, plywood and charcoal. Mango wood is used to make boats and dugout canoes. It is used to make elegant furniture, carved and turned bowls, vases, jewelry, drums, ukuleles, and toys. Mango leaves are used for mulch and to feed cattle. The kernel from the mango seed is eaten as famine food, when people are short on food. Oil can be pressed from the kernel and used to make soap. The flowers, bark, gum, kernel oil and leaves are used to make medicines to treat many human maladies. The leaves are used for mulch. The tree itself is a useful windbreak. Because of all these useful characteristics the mango tree is classified as one of the world’s Outstanding Multipurpose Trees. IT SOUNDS TO ME AS THOUGH THE MANGO TREE IS A SOURCE OF JOBS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. You are right. Think of all the human employment associated with the growing, harvesting, the shipment and processing of billions of ma
