Manji PRODUCT NAME
Sansevieria roxburghiana Schultes & Schultes f. = Sansevieria zeylanica Roxb. Cor. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Manji |
| Local Name: | Manji (Irula + Kurumba); Tamil-Mottamanji, Marul; Hindi-Marul; Telugu-Chamakada nar, Sagal. |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
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| Product Description: | A stout herb Flower: In racemes, greenish, tinged purple. Fruit: A berry. Seeds 1-3, large, globose, fleshy Leaves radical, fleshy, sessile, apex flat, gradually tapering, base sub terete. The green-grey leaves have white striations. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Foothills upto 1000m on dry forested slopes, gravelly soil and rock crevices, less in the plains |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | Dried leaf fibre fashioned into ropes for the whips used in temple rituals in both Irula and Kurumba communities. The ropes are also used to tie hill brooms. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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