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Station-wise project highlights Crop variety released 01. Crop : Cinnamomum verum (True Cinnamon) 02. Variety : Sugandhini (ODC-130) 03. Year of Release : 2000 04. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 05. Pedigree : Single tree selection from a collection of 234 accessions maintained at the Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 06. Areas of Adoption : All regions of Kerala 07. Maturity Group : Medium sized tree 08. Morphological Characters : 08.1. Habit : An evergreen densely foliaceous tree with aromatic bark and leaves 08.2. Leaves : Small to medium ( 4 -12 x 2-6 cm), Simple, exstipulate, mostly opposite but rarely sub opposite, coreaceous, oblong, lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, mostly with three nerves changing into five. 08.3. Flowers : Many (16-24 is the usual number in a single branchlet of panicle)small (1.3cm), white, bisexual, hypogynous in subterminal panicle. Perianth tube short, funnel shaped, lobes six. 08.4. Androecium : Stamens-9, in two whorls, outer –6 and inner-3, opposite to perianth lobes, anthers 4 celled, introse. 08.5. Gynoecium : Ovary sessile, unicellular, superior, unilocular with single anatrophous ovule. Style thick and stigma discoid 08.6. Fruit : Berry seated on cup shaped enlarged perianth tube 08.7. Seed : Non endospermic, pendulous, testa membraneous. 09. Distinguishing characters : 09.1. Plant height : 319 cm 09.2. Canopy Spread : 291 cm 09.3. Canopy characteristic : Semi compact 09.4. Canopy shape : Sperical 09.5. Colour of flushes : Purple coloured 09.6. Fresh leaf yield : 18 kg/tree/ year 09.7. Dry leaf yield : 8 kg/ tree/ year 09.8. Leaf oil yield : 295 ml/ tree/ year 09.9. Eugenol content : 94 % 09.10. Oil recovery on Fresh weight basis : 1.6% 09.11. Oil recovery on Dry weight basis : 3.7% 09.12. Eugenol yield : 275 ml/tree/ year 10. Plant yield : 125 kg/ha of leaf oil containing 94% eugenol
12. Diseases and pest incidences : No major diseases or pest noticed. 13. Specific characteristics : 14. Specific recommendations : 01.Crop : Curculigo orchioides (Nilappana) 02. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 03. Pedigree : Local collection 04. Areas of Adoption : Planes to 1600M. Common on the floor of scarb jungles (plains) and on slops(hills). Abundant in disturbed ground 05. Morphological characters 05.1. Habit : Herbaceous 05.2. Root stock : Elongate, 5-25cm, vertical 05.3. Leaves : (5-20 x 0.8-1.5cm), very variable narrowly linear to lanceolate, acute, plicate or fiat. Petiole short to 3cm, often absent 05.4. Flowers : Light yellow, bisexual, sessile, regular, 1.2cm. Perianth six lobed, lobes yellow ( 0.6-1x 0.2-0.3cm), stamens-6, filaments filiform, to 2mm, anthers 2mm, ovary 3celled, oblong to 4mm. Ovules numerous per cell, style 2mm, stigma-3, lobes elongate. 05.5. Fruit : Oblong, 1.5-2cm long 8mm broad 05.6. Seed : 8, globose to 2mm, beaked, fruit throughout the year 06. Reaction to major diseases : Not reported 07. Medicinal Properties : Root stocks are sweet, cooling, bitter, diuretic, carminative and tonic useful in pruritus, skin diseases, asthma, bronchitis, jaundice, diarrhea, cuts and wounds, colic, vomiting etc. 08. Specific characteristics : The plant is distributed in planes and shows prostrate growth on moist fertile soil 09. Specific recommendations : 01. Crop : Curculigo trichocarpa (Nilappana) 02. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 03. Pedigree : Collected from the forest regions of Ernakulam district. 04. Areas of Adoption : Common on hills above 1000 M, in shades 05. Morphological characters 05.1. Habit : Herbaceous 05.2. Root stock : Elongate, erect 05.3. Leaves : (9-25 x 1.5-3.5cm), lanceolate, flat-plicate, thin, coriaceous, prominently 7 nerved below. Petioles usually very long up to 25cm 05.4. Flowers : Flowers to 1cm across, regular, usually bisexual, sometimes male at the top. Perianth lobes –6, yellow, 3.8x 2mm, 3-5 nerved. Stamens-6, filaments erect to 1.5mm, anthers2.5mm. Ovary 3 celled, to 2mm, ovules numerous per cell. Style coulmnar to 1.5mm. . 05.5. Fruit : Oblong- ellipsoid, subterate, to 1.8x 0.4cm. 05.6. Seed : globose, 2mm, not beaked. 06. Reaction to major diseases : Not reported 07. Medicinal Properties : Used as a substitute for Curculigo orchioides. 08. Specific characteristics : The plant is distributed in the forest regions of the state, mostly at hills. Plant is erect and shade loving. 09. Specific recommendations : 01. Crop : Alpinia galanga ( Aratta) 02. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 03. Pedigree : Local collection from the near by area of the station 04. Areas of Adoption : Western ghats, Hilly areas of the state 05. Morphological characters 05.1. Habit : Perennial herb 05.2. Leaves : Oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, up to 30.in.long and 6.in. wide, very short petioled, leafy stem 6-7 feet high. 05.3. Flowers : Greenish white, lip veined with red. Flowers in open panicles up to13.in. long. 05.4. Fruit : Capsule about .6in diam, orange red. 06. Plant yield ( Rhizome) 06.1. Fresh yield : 35582 kg/ ha 06.2. Dry yield : 7116 kg/ ha 06.3. Oil yield : 71.16 L/ha 06.4. Oil recovery on fresh weight basis : 0.20% 06.5. Oil recovery on dry weight basis : 0.99% 06.6. Cineole in oil : 38.69 %
07. Reaction to major diseases : Pests noted were shoot borers, leaf eating caterpillars and leaf miners. Fungal diseases such as blight and leaf spot are noticed. 08. Medicinal Properties : Rhizome is bitter, acrid, thermogenic, aromatic, nervine tonic, stimulant, anti inflammatory and tonic useful in the treatment of arthritis, inflam- mations, cough, asthma, bronchitis, diabetes etc. 09. Specific characteristics : 10. Specific recommendations : 01. Crop : Kaempferia rotunda( Chenganirkizhangu) 02. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 03. Pedigree : Local collection from the near by area of the station 04. Areas of Adoption : Western ghats, Hilly areas of the state 05. Morphological characters 05.1. Habit : Perennial herb 05.2. Leaves : Few, erect, oblong, acuminate up to 12.in. long and 4.in. wide, varigated green above, tinged with purple below 05.3. Flowers : Appearing before the leaves on a short , crowded, radicle spike, fragrant, white. The lip purple or lilac, anthers deeply 2-fid. 06. Plant yield ( Rhizome) 06.1. Fresh yield : 12983 kg/ ha 06.2. Dry yield : 3895 kg/ ha 06.3. Essential oil in the rhizome : 0.26% 06.4. Oleoresin in the rhizome : 5.68% 07. Reaction to major diseases : Not noticed 08. Medicinal Properties : The tubers are acrid, thermogenic, aromatic, anti inflammatory useful in gastropathy, dropsy, inflammations, wounds, ulcers, blood clots, tumours, and cancerous swellings. 09. Specific characteristics : 10. Specific recommendations : 01. Crop : Curcuma zedoaria 02. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali 03. Pedigree : Local collection from the near by area of the station 04. Areas of Adoption : Western ghats, Hilly areas of the state 05. Morphological characters 05.1. Habit : Perennial herb 05.2. Leaves : Elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, finely acuminate 1-2 ft long, petioles long 05.3. Flowers : In an dense, bracteolate, strobiliform spike terminating in a coma of larger usually coloured, sterile bracts. Lateral staminodes petaloid. Anthers not crested, ovary 3 celled, ovules many, axile placentation. 05.4. Fruit : Globose, 3 valved capsule 05.5. Seed : Ovoid or oblong, usually arillate 06. Plant yield ( Rhizome) 06.1. Fresh yield : 28.24 t/ ha 06.2. Dry yield : 7.89 t/ ha 06.3. Oil yield : 91.79 L/ha 06.4. Oil recovery on fresh weight basis : 0.33% 06.5. Oil recovery on dry weight basis : 1.05% 06.6. Oleoresin recovery : 5.49 % 06.7. Oleoresin yield : 433.11kg/ha 07. Reaction to major diseases: Not reported 08. Medicinal Properties : Rhizome is bitter, carminative, appetiser and tonic and are used in combination with astringents and aromatics for bruises, sprains, bronchitis, cough, leucoderma and skin reuptions, 09. Specific characteristics : 10. Specific recommendations: |
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