Question

Name the tree which is planted all along sewage ponds.
1. Teak
2. Silver oak
3. Pongamia
4. Eucalyptus

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Eucalyptus

The correct answer is Eucalyptus.

• Trees with high transpiration rates (‘thirsty’ trees) such as eucalyptus can be easily used to clean the environment of wastewater.
• The trees grown in wastewater will also produce fuelwood and timber for income generation, and as well as sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
• Eucalyptus has long been blamed for their ‘thirst’ for groundwater, owing to their long taproots, and there is scientific evidence that the species could dry up water bodies.