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Mai Sang Nuan Leaves, seedlings, and shoot can be eatable.
Mai Pai Horm Both young and old yellow leaves can be eatable. It is the quite food for elephants.
Banyan Tree Leaves and branches can be eatable because of sweet taste.
Salod Nam Elephants prefer leaves and stems.
Heart – Leaved Moonseed Its taste is bitter like quinine tree. It is considered as powerful and tireless drugs.
Nam Hun Leaves and seedlings will be eatable.
Lek rok Elephants like to eat peel a bit.
Khrua Sa Baa (Entada scandens) Stems and leaves can be eatable. Smashed Khrua Sa Baa can be used as the elephant soap.
Khra Thong Lai or Ma Taek Khrua Elephants prefer all of the ivy and leaves as sweet taste.
Banana Stems and young leaves are the best elephant food. The sick elephants will eat it because of its softness.

 
     
 

Normally, elephants will eat approximately 250 - 300 kilograms compared to their weight. Here are elephant foods.

 
     
 

Thatch grass Only seedlings will be eaten.
Arundo It is considered as an urinated medicine.
Jungle - Rice Every part can be eatable.
Burmuda grass It is favorite food for elephant but rare in dry season.
Sam Seedling will be eatable but rare. It grows near the river or steam.
Wild ginger Both leaf and stem can be eatable.
Centipede grass It is favorite food found in the farm.
Khra Duey Noo grass It is the favorite food but rare also found in the field.
Goose grass It is difficult to revoke the grass using trunk. Mahout or caretaker will hook it for elephants.
Mai Roak Bamboo shoots, seedlings, stems and leaves will be the favorite food of the elephants. They are abundant of the north and the central.
Mai Khao Larm Seedlings and leaves will be eaten by elephants.
Mai Pai Paa Bamboo shoots, seedlings and leaves are the favorite food for elephants.
Mai Sang Leaves, bamboo shoots and seedlings can be eaten. This type of bamboo the elephants like the most.
Mai Phak It is the biggest leaf of bamboo. Seedlings, bamboo shoots and leaves can be eatable.

 
     
 

Jackfruit Elephants like to eat small jackfruit branches without leaves.
Nang Yam Paa Small branches can be eatable. It is considered as drug causing elephants to take a leak.
Snake wood Both stems and snake wood fruit can be eatable as fresh blood drug. It will be given to sick elephants.
Koom There are both water and land Koom. Elephants like to eat peels, branches and young Koom.
Galaung Elephants like to eat peels and leaves.
Teak The seedlings, peels can be eatable.
Red cotton The seedlings and peels can be eatable.
Coconut The seedlings and leaves can be eatable especially fresh coconuts.
Maa Dua Plong Leaves and branches can be eatable.
The paper mulberry Both leaves and peels can be eatable.
In Shee The elephants like to eat the branches which has fallen. It is also a drug treating a diarrhea.

 
     
 

Ton Pi Marn The split branches with salt will make elephant fat and healthy.
Ton Kang The elephants like to eat the branches.
Golden Fig The elephants like to eat both leaves and branches.
Wild Gooseberry Both peels and leaves can be eatable.
Jambolan Plum Both peels and leaves can be eatable.
Tamarind The elephants like to eat tamarind and leaves.
Bael Fruit The elephants like to eat ripe bael fruits.
Wood apple The elephants prefer the ripe wood apple.
Barking deer's mango The elephants prefer the rip ones.
Khra Pung Peels will be eatable.
Boddhi Tree Soft branches and leaves can be eatable.
Tao Rang The elephants like to eat the young top plants and the insider of stems.
Khra PorThe elephants like to eat the top plants and the insider of stems.
Khor The elephants like to eat the top plants and the insider of stems.
Ra Kham The elephants prefer the top plant.
Peang The elephants like to eat the top plants and the insider of stem.
Deay The elephants like to eat leaves and stems.
Rice It is the elephant best food for sick elephants.
Maize The elephants like to eat sheaths of maize and stems. If elephants eat so much maize, it will cause upper gut constipation.
Sugarcain The elephants like to eat stems and the top plants. It is also the best food for sick elephants.
Millet The elephants like to eat stems and the top plants.
Pineapple Leaves and pineapple can be eatable.
Papaya
Watermelon
Gourd
Soil and Mineral
Pong Soil The elephants like Pong soil. As Pong soil composes of many kinds of needed mineral. For example Calcium, Potassium, Prosperous etc.

 
     
     
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Todate: 07 September 2010  
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  Royal Thai Government  
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  National Park,Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department  
  Zoological Park Orgazation Under The Royal Patronage of M.H. The king  
  The Elephant Alliance of Thailand (E.A.T.)  
  Asian Elephant Foundation of Thailand  
  Wild Animal Reseuce Foundation of Thailand  
  Green World Foundation  
  World Wildlife Foundation of Thailand  
  Elephant Reintroduction Foundation  
       
   

 

 
 
 
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