Crop Category
Medicinal Crops
Medicinal Crops
Description
Safed Musili is an indigenous plant and is used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine as a “Rasayan” or “adaptogen”.
It is found in tropical wet forests in peninsular India
Safed Musli is cultivated in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- Order: Lilales
- Family: Liliaceae
- Genus: Chlorophytum
- Species: borivilianum, attenuatum
Economically Important Part
Roots and leaves are economically important in Safed Musli
Benefits of Safed Musli:
- Safed Musli is used as an aphrodisiac
- Safed Musli is used in the treatment of rheumatism
Conditions for Cultivation
Safed Musli is a herb with sub erect leaves and a tuberous root system
Leaves are long slender growing in rosette, arising from a thick fleshy rhizome
Flowers are white colored, small in size and borne in panicles.
20-25 flowers are borne per flowering stick and these appear profusely in the month of July
Seed are light weight and are very small
Safed Musli is propagated 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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