Transcript STATE MEDICINAL PLANT BPOARD, KERALA

STATE MEDICINAL PLANT BOARD, KERALA
DEAPRTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
GOVT. OF KERALA
ABOUT KERALA
Geographical area
38,836.00sq.km
Recorded forest area
1.12 million Hectares
(28.87% of land area)
Density of population
819 person/Sq. km
No. of registered Ayurveda
unit
750 Licensed
1000 unregistered
Recorded flora
4527 sp.
Flora for Medicinal use
550 sp. approximate
ABOUT RAW MATERIALS
No. of Medicinal plants used in Ayurveda industry
in Kerala
No. of Medicinal plants used largely in Medicinal
manufacturing units ( approximate)
Annual consumption of raw drugs ( approximate)
450 Sps.
140 sps
25,000 tones
Details of Raw materials collection
Forest area
44.94%
Non Forest area
14.31%
Both Forest & Non Forest area
19.78%
Cultivation
13.58%
Imported ( out side of Kerala)
7.39%
ABOUT RAW MATERIAL
COLLECTION
• 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
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
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
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 gummigutta,Terminalia arjuna, Santalum album,
Symplococos racemosa etc.
• All these are widely used for medicine
preparation .
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 .
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 .
MARKETING
• Lack of clear economics on Medicinal
plant cultivation.
• Unreliable market.
• Unorganised market.
• Exploitation by middle man.
STORAGE & HARVESTING
• Some guideline by Dabur / WWF Trafic
India for storage .
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.