CULTIVATION OF ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT MEDICINAL
AND AROMATIC CROPS IN G.H
Medicinal Plants –
The plants that provide people with medicines to prevent disease maintain
health or cure ailments.
Aromatic Plants –
These are a special class of plants used for their aroma and flavour.
MAP – Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
GAP – Good Agricultural Practice
95000 plant species are identified by Ministry of Environment and Forest,
India for use in Pharmaceutical Industries.
Availability – Tropical forests of Western and Eastern Ghats, the
Vindhyas, Chhotnagpur plateau, Aravalies and the Himalayas.
Habit wise classification – 1. Trees – 33%, 2. Herbs – 32 %, 3. Shrubs –
20 %, Creepers – 12 %, 5. Others – 3 %
Plant Parts use wise classification – 1. Roots – 29 %, 2. Leaves – 6 %, 3.
Flowers – 5 %, 4. Fruits – 10 %, 5. Seeds – 7 %, 6. Stem – 6 %, 7. Wood
– 3 %, 8. Bark – 14 %, 9. Whole part – 16 %, 10. Rhizomes – 4 %.
Medicinal plants –
1. Aloevera –
-Family – Liliaceae, Height – 30 to 60 cm, Produces Bloom stalks.
-Skin treatment, urine problems, ulcers, Pinkles, Boosts immune system,
Helps indigestion, Anti- biotic, anti microbial, anti bacterial, disinfectant,
anti- septic, anti viral, anti- fungal, piles, jaundice, rheumatic diseases,
burns and bruises.
-Dry area with humid condition, Idea temperature - 13⁰C - 27⁰C. Can’t
tolerate frost and cool climate.
-Propagated through root suckers (medium size root suckers of length 20-
25 cm with 4-5 leaves)/ rhizome cuttings (6 cm cuttings with 2-3 nodes.
Place these on prepared sand bed till sprouts are popping up and then
plant it in main field.
-40 - 45 tonnes /ha/year up to 5 years. Cost Rs. 15000/ tone of leaves.
Profit Rs.3.13 lakhs / year.
2. Isabgol –
-It is an annual herb grown in Rabi season.
-Its husk is under trade. ( Seed coat is husk)
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