{"id":29602,"date":"2025-01-23T02:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29602"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:52:55","slug":"chinar-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chinar-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinar Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chinar Tree Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The iconic Chinar trees in Kashmir have been geo-tagged and equipped with QR-code for digital protection of the Valley\u2019s heritage tree.<\/p>\n<h2>Chinar Tree Overview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> Platanus orientalis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other names:<\/strong> It is also known as <strong>Oriental plane tree, maple tree<\/strong> and locally it is called Boueen<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chinar Tree Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a large, well spreading <strong>deciduous tree<\/strong> growing up to a height of 30 meters and girth of 10 to 15 meters at ground level.<\/li>\n<li>It is said that the oldest Chinar tree in Kashmir, around <strong>700 years old,<\/strong> was planted by the <strong>Sufi Saint Syed Qasim Shah <\/strong>in Chattergam, in central Kashmir\u2019s Budgam district.<\/li>\n<li>It takes around 30 to 50 years for the trees to reach their mature height and around 150 years for them to grow to their full size.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chinar Tree Habitat<\/h3>\n<p>Chinar trees characteristically grow in <strong>Eastern Himalayas<\/strong>. It spreads wide across a region of cool climate with sufficient water.<\/p>\n<h3>Chinar Tree Uniqueness<\/h3>\n<p>The Chinar tree&#8217;s leaves change colors with the seasons, transforming from deep green in summer to vibrant shades of <strong>red, amber, and yellow in autumn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Chinar Tree Uses<\/h3>\n<p>The tree has several properties &#8211; leaves and bark are <strong>used as medicine,<\/strong> the wood, known as lace wood, is used for delicate interior furniture and the <strong>twigs &amp; roots<\/strong> are used for <strong>making dyes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts about the Geotagging of Chinar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the geo-tagging process, <strong>QR codes are attached to each surveyed tree<\/strong>, recording information about 25 characteristics, including its geographical location, health, age, and growing patterns, enabling conservationists to track changes and address risk factors.<\/li>\n<li>The project, spearheaded by <strong>J&amp;K Forest Research Institute<\/strong> (FRI) of J&amp;K Forest Department involves geo-tagging and QR coding of Chinar trees to enable their monitoring and management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chinar Tree FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is Chinar tree called in English?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The Chinar, the Oriental (Eastern) Plane tree, Platanus orientalis, or Buen and Booyn in Kashmiri language, is a living heritage of Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>Why is Chinar tree famous?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The Chinar tree is a pride of Kashmir. This tree is known for its longevity and can be found throughout Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3: <\/strong>What are the benefits of Chinar tree?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Its bark has antirheumatic and antiscorbutic values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4: <\/strong>What is the lifespan of a Chinar tree?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It is known for its longevity of close to 700 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5: <\/strong>Who introduced the Chinar tree in Kashmir Wikipedia?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Muslim Kashmiris believe that the chinar was brought to Kashmir valley by Islamic preachers from Iran in 14th century AD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinar Tree is a large, well spreading deciduous tree growing up to a height of 30 meters and girth of 10 to 15 meters at ground level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}