building material sisau
Sisau is a large crooked deciduous tree. With its tolerance of light frosts and long dry seasons, this species deserves greater consideration for tree farming, aggro forestry and deciduous reforestation. after teak it is the most imp cultivated timber tree of bihar which is the largest production of shisham timber in India. In Bihar the tree is planted on roadsides along cannels and as a shade tree for tea plantation. It is most commonly planted in southern Indian cities like Bangalore as a street tree this tree is mostly cultivated in Terai region of Nepal . The wood of sisau is known as sheesham and shisham and is an important commercial timber which is sold internationally. Manufacture of timber shisham is usually dried up before used in furniture manufacturing, the process known as seasoning locally sheesham is left in wide open areas to dried up under the sun for six ...