It is used for the plywood industry and thus is economical to the farmers. Eucalyptus, whose fragrant smell suffuses the very air around it, is cultivated on a large scale in certain parts of the district. Eucalyptus oil is extracted on commercial basis from its leaves. Of the 20,864 hectares of reserve forest, the major portion is teak plantation. Areca nut palms and jack trees are also grown here.
Tea is grown as an industry in large estates.
The soil and climate of Wayanad are suitable for horiculture on commercial basis. For promoting the cultivation of vegetables and rising of orchards, the Kerala Agricultural University is running a Regional Agricultural Research Station at Ambalavayal. With the clearing of forests, the diverse and buzzling animal life, characteristic of the forests of Western Ghats, has vanished from Wayanad. One can still see the bonnet monkeys, loris, mongooses, jungle cats, squirrels, jackals, hares, etc. in the limited forests. Despite our best efforts to ensure the veracity of information published on this site, there may yet be errors or omissions.