11 Jan Package of Practices for Cultivation of Guggal (Commiphora wightii)
गुुगल उगानें की विस्तृत जानकारी Guggal or Indian bdellium, is a large spinescent shrub to a small tree, inhabiting drier parts of western India. Guggal cultivation is done mainly in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Its gum-resin is used in Ayurvedic medicines as a remedy to reduce cholesterol content in blood. It has also utility in treatment of arthritis and obesity. A large plantation of guggal exist in Ajmer district of Rajasthan. Description of Guggal Plant The plant is a woody shrub with knotty, crooked, sping brown bracties, leaves 1-3 foliate leaf lets, sessile with serrated margin. Flowers are pinkish unisexual. Fruit is drops red, ovate with two celled stone. The ash coloured bark comes...