Introduction:
Akarkara (Spilanthes Acmella) is also known as Acmella oleracea is a unique and versatile herbal plant and also known as anti-toothache plant with high medicinal usages So, it has been recognized as an important medicinal plant. Due to its traditional uses in health care and as food, now-a-days, there is an increasingly demand all over the world. Akarkara flowers begin with thick red stuff; they increasingly stretch and turn yellow, keeping the red on the top. Natu-rally leaves are dark green and the stems, leaf stalks and veins dark green with light-purple col-our. It can be an easily grown plant with a spreading and bringing up the rear habit .
Uses:
Akarkara (Spilanthes Acmella) is a valuable gift from the nature to living being. Akarkara fresh or dry (Panchang) is used in manufacture of many ayurvedic, Homoeopathic, unanai, and alopathic medicines. AKARKARA has natural oil, which is good source for health. Using Akarkara helps regulate the body metabolism by expelling the toxic body fluids.
Cultivation:
Proper Soil treatment including give land a better Pulverize and drying. Cow dung manure should be mixed. Beds or plain pan should be prepared (as per planning of plantation) the dis-tance of beds is depending on irrigation systems. Land should be well irrigated before sowing the planting Material.
Species:
Annual erect or ascending stout herbs, 20-50 cm high. Annual erect or ascending herbs, 15-40 cm high.
Marketing:
Akarkara root (Anacyclus pyrethrum) is an aphrodisiac herb from the Indian herbal medicine, Ayurveda. It grows pretty much all over the Mediterranean region, and in Northern India, Himalayas, and some Arabian countries. As a plant it’s quite similar to chamomile, and the bioactive compounds – alkyl amides – are the same ones that can be found in the notoriously ineffective maca root
Harvesting:
After the two to three month of showing of Akarkara plant start flowering then take mature flower buds gently. Fresh flower buds are yellow in colour with red top. After the starting of flowering plant produce number of flowers and take it periodically. After that dry it properly through proper procedure. After The crop cycle is complete root should be dug out and dry it.
| Distance (in acre) | Sapling (in land) | Cost (per plant) | Total | Other expenses (as per requirement) | Cost of cultivation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10X10 ft | 440 | 150 rs. | 440X150 = 66,000 /- | Fertilizers Land preparation Labor expenses etc. | 66,000 /- |
| Total Cost of Cultivation: 66,000/- | |||||
| Income of year | From each plant | Total | Company buy-back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Year | 10 kg | 440X10 = 4400 kg | 70 rs. kg | 4400X70 = 3,08,000 /- |
| 2nd Year | 15 kg | 440X15 = 6600 kg | 70 rs. kg | 6600X70= 4,62,000 /- |
| 3rd Year | 20 kg | 440X20 = 8800 kg | 70 rs. kg | 8800X70= 6,16,000 /- |
| 4th Year | 25 kg | 440X25 = 11000 kg | 70 rs. kg | 11000X70= 7,70,000 /- |
| 5th Year | 30 kg | 440X30 = 13200 kg | 70 rs. kg | 13200X70= 9,24,000 /- |
| Total Income: 30,80,000/- | ||||
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