Virtual Library - Medicinal Plants

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Vetiver : Rs.16 lakhs project
Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides Linn) or Khus, a tropical perennial grass, is the source of a valuable aromatic oil, which is an ingredient of reputed oriental perfumes.

Hyderabad firm develops neem based health products
Fortune Biotech Ltd, which had been successful in commercialising neem actives for agri and horticultural applications, is turning its focus on production of human healthcare products such as anti-headlice, anti-dandruff and shampoo.

Commercial products from stevia
What are firms doing?

Successful medicinal plants exporter
V. R. Medicinal & Aromatic Plantation (VRMAP) is a Vishakapatnam based grower, processor and exporter of medicinal and aromatic plants. Here is a report on his activities.

Herbal Folklore Research Center (HFRC)
Not many know that this Tirupathi-based organisation provides training for medicinal plants cultivation and processing.

Ashwagandha's medicinal potential
Here is a first hand report by an American scientist on ashwagandha's medicinal potential.

Patchouli cultivation - Interview with consultant
The essential oil of Patchouli is one of the most widely used oils in the fragrance industry. It can be grown as a second crop, in partial shade, under coconut, or arecanut, with very little additional costs.

Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Growers Association
The Association for Promotion of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (APMAC) was founded in 1998 by a group of like-minded people

Sree Gokulam:herbal products business venture
Sree Gokulam Herbal mosquito repellents - Report on a Chennai-based herbal products business venture.

Somaik Henna Export Corporation: Henna Powder
With 15 employees and a turnover of Rs.5 crores this firm is one of the largest manufacturers of henna powder in India.

Senna and Aloe vera: Two promising crops
Here is a detailed report on two commercially promising crops that farmers in India are currently growing.

Medicinal herbs cultivation guide I
List of cultivation guidelines compiled by Kerala Agriculture University for various medicinal/aromatic plants in India.

Textile dyeing:Heena, harda, catechu & babool
Commercial viability of natural dyes Heena, Harda, Catechu and Babool -- for textile dyeing is presented in this report.

Contract farming of medicinal crops
Vijay Kumar Jain, Raj & Co., Mr. Vijay Kumar is an exporter & supplier of all kinds of spices, ayurvedic, unani & allopathic, crude drugs, himalayan herbs, seeds, gums, herbal extracts. His firm based in Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh is also one of the pioneers in the field of promoting farmers to cultivate medicinal crops. They [...]

All-Season Herbs: Riding the herbal wave
The global shift from allopathic medicine to alternative therapies has put India on the world map as the prime destination for ayurveda. Here is a Bangalore firm that is taking the lead. After Kerala, Bangalore is rearing to emerge as one of the most desirable global destination for this ancient holistic system of medicine. With plans [...]

Noble Horticulture Farm: Medicinal plants processing
Profile of a Nagpur-based firm which recently diversified into medicinal plants processing. Noble Horticulture Farm, established in 2003, is a unit of Nagpur-based Noble Explochem Limited, which has indigenously developed aloe vera juice to be launched shortly. The products will be first launched in Mumbai followed by Bangalore. "We started functioning 13 months back. The main [...]

Exporter of essential Oils
Haritwal Essential Oils Exports : Mumbai-based distiller and exporter of essential oils. Headquartered in Mumbai, Haritwal Essential Oils Exports is a part of Haritwal Group of Companies established in 1940 at Ellichpur, Vidarbha, Maharashtra for the purpose of distillation and export of palmarosa oil (motia) and gingergrass oil (sofia). Mr. Harishankar Haritwal, assisted by his [...]

Annai Bio-Crop Private Limited: Promoting Jatropha
Annai Bio-Crop Private Limited, located in Chennai, is involved in the cultivation and promotion of jatropha curcas in Tamilnadu. This newly established company -- registered in February 2004 -- is engaged in the popularisation the use of jatropha in the farming community through Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs). “Our main objective is to [...]

Hyderabad-based medicinal plants farming consultancy.
Green Agro Farms Established in 1996, Hyderabad-based Green Agro Farms is an agricultural consulting company, with thrust on mainstream and scientific cultivation of commercially high-potential medicinal and aromatic plants. The company is promoted by three partners S. V. Ravikumar, M. Goyal and Laxman Rao with extensive experience in the field of cultivation and trading of [...]

Consultancy for stevia growing
Pune-based Sun Fruits Limited provides consultancy for commercial cultivation of stevia rebaudiana. Origin of Stevia Rebaudiana is in central Paraguay where it grows near the ponds and streams in wild conditions. Native Paraguayans have been consuming this herb in large quantities for many centuries. It was only during early fifties that Japanese stumbled upon this unique herb [...]

Patidar Musli Farm and Research Centre
Located in Jotpur, Madhya Pradesh, Patidar Musli Farm specialises in safed musli. Patidar Musli Farm and Research Centre commenced operation in 1993. Specialising in safed musli, the farm was started by Shridhar Patidhar along with his three sons - Mukesh, Rajendra and Shailendra S Patidar. The farms have perennial source of irrigation through pipelines from the Narmada river. [...]

Medicinal Plants: Govt?s various funding schemes
New business opportunities in medicinal plant cultivation The following is a list of schemes of ministry of enviornment & forests in New Delhi for the study, research and popularisation of medicinal plants in India. Some of these schemes also fund small scale medicinal plant cultivation projects in different parts of the country. The National Parks and Wildlife [...]

Indian medicinal plant patented abroad
Patenting medicinal plants: Do you know that as many as 4 patents have been filed for a popular Indian medicinal plant in US and Russia? Kantkari (Solanum Xanthocarpum) is one of the members of the dasamula (ten root) of the Ayurveda. It is a very spiny diffuse herb up to 1.2 m tall, commonly found throughout India. [...]

Andhra Pradesh Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board
Andhra Pradesh Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board (APMAB) was set up with the objectives to facilitate sustainable management of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) for plant based drug industries, health practitioners and biodiversity wealth; make MAPs a rural livelihood package; and make the traditional medicine a creditable, safe and popular health programme. In Andhra Pradesh, over [...]

Shridhar Patidar ? Medicinal crop farmer in MP
This 100 acre farm near Indore in Madhya Pradesh is pioneering cultivation of safed musli in the State. Mr.Patidar is earning Rs.2-3 lakhs/acre from this crop. Shridhar Patidar's seeds have blossomed forth in arid Dhar. In the negelected tribal district of Dhar near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, the 100-acre farm of the Patidars seems to be [...]

Model project report : Setting up an extraction unit
Here is a brief project report on setting up an essential oil extraction unit from plants such as Japanese mint, Citronella, Lemon grass, Geranium, Davana, Palmarosa etc. INTRODUCTION : Davana Oil : Davana (Artimesia Pallenswell) is an important aromatic herb growing 15-30 cm in height. Its fragrent leaves are used in floral decorations. The leaves and [...]

Dr.Satyabrata Maiti, NRCMAP ? Medicinal plants cultivation
National Research Centre for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (NRCMAP) is a leading research organisation in India specialising in medicinal and aromatic plants. They act as the national information data bank on medicinal plants in India. They have also developed some new varieties of medicinal plants that can be commercially cultivated. What does the National Research Centre [...]