EFFICACY OF KUNAPAJALA IN CONSERVATIVE CULTIVATION OF RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINE -A COMPARATIVE ORGANOLEPTIC, MICROSCOPIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY Authors: Krishnan PR* And Meshram S
ABSTRACT
Ever since Ayurveda attained world attention medicinal plants Scarcity turned out to be one
among the prime lacunas in the research and development of ayurvedic medicines. It’s a fact
that we are lacking genuine drugs in the dry drug market because of unscientific drug
collection and deforestation. So it’s the need of the hour to start with scientific cultivation and
conservative collection by rediscovering some of our ancient cultivation measures.
Vrikshayurveda is a branch of Ayurveda where we can find enough references regarding the
ancient cultivation techniques and different preparation techniques of natural manures one
among them is kunapajala (organic liquid manure) so here in this research study we are
assessing the efficacy of kunapajala in cultivation of Rauvolfia serpentina which is one
among the red listed plants and is reported to be commonly adultered with R.tetraphylla.
Keywords: Kunapajala, Vruksha ayurveda, Organic farming, Sarpagantha, Histology
& Chemical analysis of Rauvolfia Publication date: 05/03/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/March/MS_IJBPAS_2022_MARCH_SPCL_1003.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.1003