Notes on East African Plectranthus Species (Labiatae)

Willemse, R. H.

doi:10.2307/4108480

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“…It is distributed over the subtropical warm temperate climatic zone on mountains of India, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Africa. Apparently, it has been distributed to Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, tropical East Africa and Brazil (Willemse, 1985) In India, it is grown in Gujarat, Bihar, Deccan Plateau, parts of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (Somnath et al, 2005). In Tamil Nadu, it is approximately grown in Salem, Dharmapuri, Trichy, Erode, Coimbatore and Dindigul districts of 6000 acres.…”

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The Strategies for Production of Forskolin vis-a-vis Protection Against Soil Borne Diseases of the Potential Herb Coleus forskohlii Briq.

Khatun

2011

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Coleus forskohlii is an important plant in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. It is the only source for forskolin among the plant kingdom. Forskolin has a unique property of activating almost all hormone sensitive adenylate cyclase enzymes in a biological system. This review article has highlighted on research developments of C. forskohlii for the production and to enhance the production of forskolin by employing various strategies, and also to protect the most potential herb against the soil borne wilt disease, causing a serious threat towards its propagation and cultivation by using effective integrated disease management technology.

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Section: Origin and Geographical Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%