Crop Category
Medicinal Crops
Medicinal Crops
Description
Mandukaparni also commonly known as Centella and grows in temperate and tropical swampy regions of the world.
It is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia an the Wetland regions of South Eastern US.
Mandukaparni is a multi purpose miracle herb of Oriental and Ayurvedic medicine
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Apiales
- Family: Apiaceae
- Genus: Centella
- Species: asiatica
Economically Important Part
Mandukaparni leaves are economically important
Mandukaparni is widely used for:
- Nervine tonic
- Cardiac tonic
- Immuno stimulant
- Blood purifier
- Skin diseases
- Alleviating female sterility
- Treatment in epilepsy
- Chemoprotective drug
Conditions for Cultivation
Mandukaparni is a slender herbaceous medicinal creeper
Its stem is long, herbaceous weak and cylindrical,
Leaves are 1.5-5.6 cm in diameter, simple, arising in groups from nodes, petiolate and lobed.
Inflorescence in racemose with simple umbels, having 3-6 flowers.
Flowers are pedicellate with small bract ovate which embraces flowers.
Fruits are oblong dull brown coloured and laterally compressed with hard pericarp
Mandukaparni is propagated through seeds or vegetatively
Major Challenges
No major challenges have 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 |
| Vegetative Stage | Biofuze | 3 ml / liter of water - Repeat sprays at a interval of 2-3 weeks as per pest attack | Foliar Application | Reduces population of sucking pests |
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