The arjuna is one of the species whose leaves are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk (tussah), a wild silk of commercial importance.
Arjuna | Terminalia catappa | Terminalia elliptica | Terminalia superba | Arjuna Ranatunga | Arjuna Award | Terminalia sericea | Terminalia australis | Terminalia arjuna |
Over 400 Little Egrets, Pond heron and near threatened Painted Stork nest in this grove of 20 huge, century old Maruthu, Mahwa, Neem and Illuppai trees and feed in a the many agricultural fields, a few ponds and the Tamiraparani River adjacent to it.