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Mandukaparni

Crop Category

Medicinal Crops

Applicable Product

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
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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