STATE MEDICINAL PLANT BOARD, KERALA DEAPRTMENT OF HEALTH

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STATE MEDICINAL PLANT BOARD,
KERALADEAPRTMENT OF HEALTH FAMILY
WELFAREGOVT. OF KERALA
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ABOUT KERALA
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ABOUT RAW MATERIALS
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ABOUT RAW MATERIALCOLLECTION

• Only 7 of items is obtained from cultivated
  sources .
• Main collection is from the wild.
• Uncontrolled collection
• Unscientific and at times destructive harvesting
• Resource is depleting.
• Demand is increasing

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ABOUT CULTIVATION

• Use of Herbs , Shrubs , Climbers, Trees by
  industry
• Large scale commercial cultivation yet to catch
  up
• Private cultivation mainly of annuals
• Standard techniques of cultivation of many
  species not developed
• Availability of quality planting material is a
  limitation .
• Economics of planting of many species not
  available

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AVAILABILITY

• . Industry in need of large quantity of Raw
  Materials
• Roots , bark, stem, leaves , flowers and fruits
  are used
• Demand is increasing.
• Resource base can not cater to the demand unless
  alternate sources found out .
• Annuals by and large made available from
  different sources

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AVAILABILITY

• Raw drugs from trees very scarce
• Many trees are in the Red Listed Category like.
  Saraca asoca, Aegle marmelose, Pterocarpus
  santalinus , Oroxylum indicum, Salacia oblonga,
  Garcinia gummi-gutta,Terminalia arjuna, Santalum
  album, Symplococos racemosa etc.
• All these are widely used for medicine
  preparation .

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PROBLEMS

• Annuals and perennials equally important .
• While Cultivation of annuals is preferred
• by individuals very few cultivates trees.
• Large scale tree cultivation must for survival
  of Ayurveda industry in its present form .
• Long gestation of tree crops unattractive to
  individuals .
• Only Govt. Dept. may alone support tree crops
  cultivation .

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SOME SOLUTIONS

• Present cultivation Technique of trees needs
• review.
• Closer espacement planting to be tried .
• Harvesting of roots by rotation through trench
• methods.
• Introduction of techniques to encourage growth
  of roots , thick foliage etc to be tried through
  appropriate soil conditioning.
• High yielding fast growing species to be
  identified through Research .

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MARKETING

• Lack of clear economics on Medicinal plant
  cultivation.
• Unreliable market.
• Unorganised market.
• Exploitation by middle man.

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STORAGE HARVESTING

• Some guideline by Dabur / WWF Trafic India for
  storage .

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Acceptability

• Traditional harvest / materials preferred by
  industry.
• Acceptability of parts from short rotation crops
  not sure .
• Adequate Research not available
• Research on large no of species simultaneously
  not feasible at the moment.
• Quality parameters quite vague .
• Available methods to increasing productivity
• using Hormones may have side effect.