Andrographis paniculata
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Leaves & Whole Herbs · Cut / Sifted
Kalmegh Whole HerbAndrographis paniculata
₹7,750
₹155 / kg
Whole herb cut at flowering, intensely bitter, supplied cut or as extract grade.
Standardised extract manufacture
Ayurvedic and Siddha formulations
Tablet and capsule blends
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Lot-tested material
Documented origin
Bulk freight, quoted
- SKU
- HXM-CD-KAL-C
- Minimum order
- 50 kg
- Plant part
- Whole herb
- Origin
- Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
Whole herb cut at flowering, intensely bitter, supplied cut or as extract grade.
About this material
Kalmegh is the whole herb of Andrographis paniculata, cut when the plant comes into flower, which is when the leaf is at its heaviest relative to stem. The material is intensely bitter in every part, and that bitterness is the working identity check: a fragment of genuine leaf is unmistakable and unpleasant within a second or two. Leaves are lance-shaped, thin and dark green, borne on distinctly four-angled stems that stay square in section after drying. Extract-grade material is graded for leaf content, since stem contributes weight rather than yield.
Also called
Kalmegh, King of Bitters, Nilavembu
Traditional use: Traditionally used in Ayurvedic and Siddha preparations.
Identity
The botanical this lot is declared as, and the physical characteristics it is sorted and released against.
Andrographis paniculata
- Plant part
- Whole herb
- Material
- Whole herb cut at flowering
- Stem
- Distinctly four-angled, square in section when dry
- Leaf
- Lance-shaped, thin, dark green
- Taste
- Intensely bitter throughout
- Extract grade
- Graded for leaf-to-stem ratio
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