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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
Mangifera indica
L. Anacardiaceae
Mango Pulp (Amsi)
500
Hazaribhag,
Gumla,
Simdega,
Bokaro, hunti
May–June
Food
Madhuca longifolia
(J. Koenig ex L.) J. F.
Macbr.
Sapotaceae
Mahua flower
More than
100,000
Most a of
Jharkhand
March–May
Wine/Medicine
Boswellia serrata
Roxb. ex Colebr.
Burseraceae
Tawar Gond
100
Palamu, Garhwa March–June
Food
Boswellia serrata
Roxb. ex Colebr.
Burseraceae
Gijan Gond
500
Palamu, Garhwa June–August
Medicine and food
Andrographis
paniculata
(Burm.
fil.) Nees
Acanthaceae
Kalmegh
50
Palamu, Latehar November–January
Medicine
Woodfordia
fruticosa
(L.) Kurz
Lathyraceae
Dhawai phool
20
Palamu
December–February
Medicine
Asparagus
racemosus
Willd.
Asparagaceae
Satawari
50–60
Palamu, Gumla,
Khunti
All season
Medicine
Rauvolfia serpentina
(L.) Benth. ex Kurz
Apocynaceae
Sarpagandha
10–20
Palamu,
Simdega, iridih
September–December Medicine
Withania somnifera
Solanaceae
Aswagandha
10–20
Gumla,
Lohardaga,
Palamu
November–December Medicine
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