Rural households’ preferences and attitudes towards biomass fuels - results from a comprehensive field survey in Bangladesh

Table 4 Preferred tree species for firewood production in different regions ( N = 240)

Local names	Scientific names	Average respondents (%)	Average respondents (%)
Local names	Scientific names	Average respondents (%)	Kalaroa	Nachole	Nakla	Chakaria
Rain tree^{a, b, c}	Samanea saman	95	97	85	98	98
Shil Korai^{a, b, c}	Albizia procera	89	67	97	100	92
Am^a	Mangifera indica	81	100	95	100	29
Sisso^{a, b}	Dalbergia sissoo	80	42	85	93	98
Ipil-ipil^{a, b, c}	Leucaena leucocephala	79	60	90	87	78
Akashmoni^{a, b, c}	Acacia auriculiformis	75	82	93	73	53
Babla^{a, b}	Acacia nilotica	73	87	100	43	62
Mahagoni^{a, b}	Swietenia mahagoni	72	88	63	90	48
Coconut^a	Cocos nucifera	72	100	3	88	95
Eucalyptus^{a, b, c}	Eucalyptus camaldulensis	70	32	68	83	98
Bansh^{a, c}	Bambusa spp.	67	72	82	77	37
Kanthal^a	Artocarpus heterophyllus	63	95	52	100	4
Jam^{a, b}	Syzygium spp.	55	63	65	82	10
Neem^{a, b}	Azadirachta indica	54	65	95	48	7
Arjun^{b, c}	Terminalia arjuna	50	32	67	62	37
Gora-nim^b	Melia azedarach	39	45	72	38	0
Gamar^{a, b, c}	Gmelina arborea	37	7	5	78	57
Simul^{a, c}	Bombax ceiba	36	35	40	57	12
Boroi^a	Ziziphus mauritiana	34	45	47	40	5
Kadam^{a, b}	Anthocephalus chinensis	33	23	17	87	7
Segun^{a, c}	Tectona grandis	31	8	2	73	40
Pitraj^{a, b, c}	Aphanamixis polystachya	30	40	7	72	0
Khajur^{a, b}	Phoenix sylvestris	29	75	40	0	0

^aSpecies that are grown and/or planted on homestead land; ^bspecies that are planted on marginal lands for secondary plantation or social forestry; ^cspecies that are grown and/or planted in state forests.

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