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Table 4
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Botanical name
Family
Popular name of
NTFPs
Annual
product
(approx. in
MT)
Main focus area
Availability period
(Season)
Produces and uses
value added
S. robusta
Gaertner f Dipterocarpaceae
Sal leaves
Gumla,
Simdega,
Chaibasa,
Lohardaga,
Khunti
All season except
summer
plates
Buchanania
cochinchinensis
(Lour.) Almeida
Anacardiaceae
Chironji guthli
1000
Palamu,
Garhwa, Khunti,
Simdega,
Giridih, Bokaro
March–May
Dry fruit, used
confectionary
Terminalia chebula
Retz.
Combretaceae
Mrobalan (Harra)
500
Gumla,
Simdega,
Chaibasa
Lohardaga,
Latehar, Ranchi
January–February
Harra powder and
Triphala churna
Senna obtusifolia
(L.) H.S. Irwin &
Barneby
Fabaceae
Chakvar
50,000
Palamu,
Garhwa,
Latehar, Ranchi
January–March
Medicine
Hyoscyamus niger
L.
Solanaceae
Niger seed
1000
Gumla,
Simdega,
Chaibasa,
Hazaribhag,
Palamu, Latehar
December–January
Medicine
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