Quantitative and qualitative analysis of some firewood trees and shrubs of Eastern India

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of 31 indigenous firewood tree/shrub species of Eastern India was carried out to identify the species with potential for firewood production based on firewood properties. The highest calorific value (20.24 kJ/g dry wt) was exhibited by Adina cordifolia. The emission factors of CO 2 , CO, and hydrocarbon (HC) of wood species was recorded 356–1814, 5.2–110.5, and 0.71–2.28 g/kg, respectively. Among various firewood species, Holarrhena antidysenterica Wallich ex A. DC and Dillenia pentagyna L. emitted less CO 2 (356.0 ± 20) and CO (5.2 ± 0.2), whereas A. cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook. f. ex Brandis (0.71 ± 0.04), Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Persoon (0.71 ± 0.01), and Semecarpus anacardium L. f. (0.71 ± 0.03) showed efficient in terms of low HC‐emitting species. The results showed that A. cordifolia followed by Terminalia tomentosa, L. speciosa , Anogeissus latifolius , H. antidysenterica , D. pentagyna, and S. anacardium are suitable fuelwood species on account of fuelwood value index and EF. © 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38:e13146, 2019