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Kalihari

Crop Category

Medicinal Crops

Applicable Product

Description

Kalihari, a medicininal plant, is a native to tropical Africa, India and South Eastern Asia.

Kalihari is known by different names such as Glory Lily, Climbling Lily, Flame Lily

It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant because of its brightly colored flowers

Kalihari is poisonous for humans and livestock but widely used in traditional system of medicine

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Lilales
Family: Lilaceae
Genus: Gloriosa
Species: superba

Economically Important Part

The whole Kalihari plant is economically important

Extracts of Kalihari are used in the treatment of:

Urinary and reproductive diseases
Respiratory diseases
Skin diseases
Cardiovascular triubles
Rheumatic pains

Conditions for Cultivation

Kalihari is a tuberous plant with V or L shaped finger like tubers, which turns brown at maturity

It is a climbing medicinal herb, growing upto 6 m long bearing dark colored glossy leaves.

Tendrils help the plant to cling onto other plants

Leaves are alternate/opposite, simple, sessile, ovate to lanceloate in shape.

Kalihari flowers are bright colored

Its fruits are capsules which split open to release smooth seeds

Major Challenges

No major challenges has been reported

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Inorganic fertilizer	Geoxol.COM	15 kg / hectare / application with basal fertilizer, if soil organic carbon (more than / equal to 0.5%) and bulk denisty (less than or equal to 1.6 g / cm3)	Soil Application	Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops
Organic fertilizer	Mycoxol4G	500 g / hectare / application, if soil pH (less than / equal to 7.5) and available P (more than / equal to 15 kg / ha)	Soil Application	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Vegetative	PeakMAX	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Improves vegetative growth and reduces disease pressure
Vegetative	Privid	1200 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Promotes vegetative growth
Pre flowering	Silixol OSA	1200 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Promotes vegetative growth
Pre flowering	PeakMAX	"1000 ml / hectare / application "	Foliar Application	Reduces disease pressure
Flowering	Silixol OSA	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Improves accumulation of secondary metabolites
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe 12%	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency. Suitable for foliar sprays for crops grown on all types of soil.	Foliar spray	Corrects Iron deficiency
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe EDDHA 6%	2.5-5.0 kg / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency. Suitable for calcerous soils with pH above 7.5	Soil application	Corrects Iron deficiency
Deficiency of Boron	Nutrin Boron 20%	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 25 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar spray	Corrects Boron deficiency
After 15-20 days of crop establishment	Mycoxol 4G	500 g/hectare/application, if soil pH (less than or equal to 7.5) and availble P (more than 15 kg/ha) - if fertigation is available	Soil application	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
After 15-20 days of crop establishment	Mycoxol Granules	10-20 Kg/ha/application, depending upon soil properties - if crop is on flood irrigation	Soil application	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients

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