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Table 4
(continued)
Botanical name
Family
Popular name of
NTFPs
Annual
product
(approx. in
MT)
Main focus area
Availability period
(Season)
Produces and uses
value added
Butea monosperma
(Lam.) Taub.
Fabaceae
Palas/Tesuphool
1000
Palamu, Khunti,
Simdega,
Giridih
March–May
Medicine
Mesosphaerum
suaveolens
(L)
Kuntze
Lamiaceae
Bantuls
400–500
Palamu, Latehar,
Garhwa
November–March
Medicine
Schleichera oleosa
(Lour.) Oken
Sapindaceae
Kusum
5000
Gumla, Simdega June–October
Oil/Feed
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC
Fabaceae
Kaunch beej
40–50
Palamu,
Chaibasa
Medicine
Aegle marmelos
(L.)
Correa
Rutaceae
Bael
50–100
Palamu
March–Ma
Food/Medicine
Source
Jharkhand state minor forest produce cooperative development and marketing federation limited (JHAMFCOFED)