Q. The tree popularly known as Green Gold, but which is an ecological disaster, is ____:
Answer: Eucalyptus
Notes: Several trees such as Neem, bamboo, eucalyptus, etc., are known as ‘green gold.’ Eucalyptus is called green gold because of its widespread use in the international wood products and pulp industry. However, the eucalyptus tree has been accused of being an environmental disaster with its thirst for water and propensity towards soil depletion. Besides, it is host to Cryptococcus’s, a fungus that attacks the human nervous system.