In India, it is found in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra and the Andamans
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Carbon Sequestration and Regenerative Energy from Tamanu Trees This tree was previously chosen by the Wali Songo to fortify a group of small islands in the north of Java - later known as Karimunjawa - so that they would not be drowned by sea water abrasion. It was planted right up to the edge of the sea, so that the fruit 'nyemplung' into the sea - so in Javanese it is called nyamplung. The cleric who preached this environment was later called Sunan Nyamplungan - his real name was Syeh Amir Hasan, son of Sunan Gunung Muria. Now six centuries later, our search for the ideal tree for offboard carbon sequestration, to be coupled with our onboard technology, come up with the same results - the plant whose international name is tamanu and scientific name Calophyllum inophylum - is the best for massive global carbon sequestration. Why is that? Firstly, for carbon absorption we cannot use land that is already fertile, it must be land that is barren or even dead which can be revived with these plants. Second, it must not depend on fresh water because critical lands in the world are critical precisely because there is no fresh water. Third, it must be productive from the tree itself, so that people do not need to cut it down to take the wood. These three criteria are all present in this tamanu or nyamplung tree. That it can live in arid land can be seen in the habitat of this plant which has spread throughout the archipelago, generally on arid coastlines. That it can live in saline water has been proven more than six centuries since Sunan Nyamplungan planted it on the edge of the Karimunjawa islands mentioned above. Apart from carbon capture, the yield of this tree itself is mainly taken from the fruit, the fruit has a very high oil content - it can reach 50 kg of oil per tree per year after the tree is four years old or more. This tree also remains productive until more than 50 years old. Tamanu oil is not edible, but its price on the international market is more expensive than even expensive edible oils. Generally used in the wellness industry, for antiaging in particular because of the active compound in it called Calophyllolide. Meanwhile, tamanu fruit shells are similar to candlenut shells, containing high energy - so we can take the carbon. The latter is what we use as sources of C in the Boudouard reaction, which will react the C with CO2 to become CO gas, It is the main component of syngas which can be used as a sustainable feedstocks for all types of fuel that we use today. Because it can live on saline water even on dead land, you can imagine the vast area that can be planted with this tamanu, in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region alone, where for thousands of years the majority of land has been barren, now it can become a reforestation target as well as a CO2 absorption area for the whole world, among other things, can be done with this tamanu tree.
