GROW GMELINA ARBOREA WITH 50% SUBSIDY FROM NHPB
Gambari/Gamhar Gmelina arborea Family Verbenaceae.
National Medicinal Plants Board provides 50% subsidy on its cultivation
Cultivation cost for this tree is Rs18000 /acre & Rs 45000/Ha
Assamese- Gomari ;Bengali- Gamai;Gujarati- Shewan;Hindi- Gamhar;Kannada- kulimavu;Marathi- Shivan:Malayalam- Kumilu;Oriya- Gambari;Punjabi- Gumhar;Tamil- Kumil;Telugu- Gumartek.
Gmelina arborea is a fast growing deciduous tree which grows at altitudes up to 1500 meters and prefers moist fertile valleys with 750-4500 mm rainfall. It does not thrive on ill-drained soils and remains stunted on dry, sandy or poor soils; drought also reduces it to a shrubby form.The tree attains moderate to large height up to 30 m with girth of 1.2 to 4 m.Gmelina arborea wood is pale yellow to cream coloured or plukish-buff when fresh, turning yellowish brown on exposure and is soft to moderately hard, light to moderately heavy, lustrous when fresh, usually straight to irregular or rarely wavy grained and medium course textured. Flowering takes place during February to April when the tree is more or less leafless whereas fruiting starts from May onwards up to June.
This tree is moderately frost hardy. It has good capacity to recover from frost injury.Gmelina arborea timber is reasonably strong for its weight. It is used in constructions, furniture, carriages, sports, musical instruments and artificial limbs. Once seasoned, it is a very steady timber and moderately resistant to decay and ranges from very resistant to moderately resistant to termites.
Its timber is highly esteemed for door and window panels, joinery and furniture especially for drawers, wardrobes, cupboards, kitchen and camp furniture, and musical instruments because of its lightweight, stability and durability. Gamhar is used in papermaking and matchwood industry too.Gmelina arborea leaves are considered good for cattle (crude protein – 11.9%) and are also used as a feed to eri-silkworm.
Medicinal uses:The root and bark of Gmelina arborea are stomachic, galactagogue, laxative and anthelmintic; improve appetite, useful in hallucination, piles, abdominal pains, burning sensations, fevers, 'tridosha' and urinary discharge. Leaf paste is applied to relieve headache and juice is used as wash for ulcers.Flowers are sweet, cooling, bitter, acrid and astringent. They are useful in leprosy and blood diseases.In Ayurveda, it has been observed that Gamhar fruit is acrid, sour, bitter, sweet, cooling, diuretic tonic, aphrodisiac, alternative astringent to the bowels, promote growth of hairs, useful in 'vata', thirst, anaemia, leprosy, ulcers and vaginal discharge.Gambari is a well known bitter tonic and the fruits as general tonic in debility.
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Gambari/Gamhar Gmelina arborea Family Verbenaceae.
National Medicinal Plants Board provides 50% subsidy on its cultivation
Cultivation cost for this tree is Rs18000 /acre & Rs 45000/Ha
Assamese- Gomari ;Bengali- Gamai;Gujarati- Shewan;Hindi- Gamhar;Kannada- kulimavu;Marathi- Shivan:Malayalam- Kumilu;Oriya- Gambari;Punjabi- Gumhar;Tamil- Kumil;Telugu- Gumartek.
Gmelina arborea is a fast growing deciduous tree which grows at altitudes up to 1500 meters and prefers moist fertile valleys with 750-4500 mm rainfall. It does not thrive on ill-drained soils and remains stunted on dry, sandy or poor soils; drought also reduces it to a shrubby form.The tree attains moderate to large height up to 30 m with girth of 1.2 to 4 m.Gmelina arborea wood is pale yellow to cream coloured or plukish-buff when fresh, turning yellowish brown on exposure and is soft to moderately hard, light to moderately heavy, lustrous when fresh, usually straight to irregular or rarely wavy grained and medium course textured. Flowering takes place during February to April when the tree is more or less leafless whereas fruiting starts from May onwards up to June.
This tree is moderately frost hardy. It has good capacity to recover from frost injury.Gmelina arborea timber is reasonably strong for its weight. It is used in constructions, furniture, carriages, sports, musical instruments and artificial limbs. Once seasoned, it is a very steady timber and moderately resistant to decay and ranges from very resistant to moderately resistant to termites.
Its timber is highly esteemed for door and window panels, joinery and furniture especially for drawers, wardrobes, cupboards, kitchen and camp furniture, and musical instruments because of its lightweight, stability and durability. Gamhar is used in papermaking and matchwood industry too.Gmelina arborea leaves are considered good for cattle (crude protein – 11.9%) and are also used as a feed to eri-silkworm.
Medicinal uses:The root and bark of Gmelina arborea are stomachic, galactagogue, laxative and anthelmintic; improve appetite, useful in hallucination, piles, abdominal pains, burning sensations, fevers, 'tridosha' and urinary discharge. Leaf paste is applied to relieve headache and juice is used as wash for ulcers.Flowers are sweet, cooling, bitter, acrid and astringent. They are useful in leprosy and blood diseases.In Ayurveda, it has been observed that Gamhar fruit is acrid, sour, bitter, sweet, cooling, diuretic tonic, aphrodisiac, alternative astringent to the bowels, promote growth of hairs, useful in 'vata', thirst, anaemia, leprosy, ulcers and vaginal discharge.Gambari is a well known bitter tonic and the fruits as general tonic in debility.
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