Organic Safed Musli is a herb with sub-erect lanceolate
leaves and tuberous root system.
Safed Musli - An Introduction
 Safed
Musli can grow upto a maximum height of 1.5 ft. Tubers can grow
upto a depth of 10". Safed Musli is a tiny annual herb that
grows well in tropical and sub-tropical climates with altitudes
upto 1500 meters. Safed Musli has its origin in the India Subcontinent.
Safed Musli is an annual herb with Tubers, Crown, Leaf and Flowers
as different parts. Naturally occurs in forests of Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh and Maharastra Stateswhich are listed in the endangered
species of India. There are around 256 varieties of Chlorophytum
in the world which are yet known. In India, we have around 17 of
them, of which, borivilianum has got a good market demand.
Safed Musli belongs to family of Liliaceae. It was originally grown
in thick forest in natural form, and is a traditional medicinal
plant. Mainly its tuberous roots are used in ayurvedic medicines.
Roots are used for the preparation of nutritive tonic used in general
sexual weakness. These roots contain spermatogenetic, spermatorrhoea
and chronic leucorrhoea due to some chemical content. It is partly
a herb with sub-erect lanceolate leaves. Nowadays, there is a very
vast demand all over the world (Specially gulf countries and cold
countries). Due to its vast demand it is very costly.
Technical Specifications
- Hindi name of the Crop - Safed Musli
- Botanical name - Chlorophytum Borivilianum
- Application / Use - Tonic
- Growth of roots - Tubberous
- Seeds : Black triangular two seeds present in single locule
- Class : Monocotyledons
- Series : Coronarieae
- Family : Liliaceae
- Genus : Chlorophytum
- Species : Borivilianum
Nature and Discription of Safed Musli
- Carbohydrates (35-45%)
- Proteins (5-10%)
- Fibre (25-35%)
- Saponins (2-20%)
- Alkaloids (15-25%)
The Saponins and Alkaloids present in the plant are the primary
source of its significant medicinal properties.
Farming of Organic Safed Musli
 During
the last decade, some systematic efforts have been made to popularise
the cultivation of musli, which shows that its cultivation is much
more profitable than many of the traditional crops.
Vernacular Names
- Shaqaqule - (In Arabic)
- Dholi Musli - (In Gujrati)
- Khiruva - (In Hindi - U.P.)
- Safed Musli - (In Marathi)
- Shedheveli - (In Malyalam)
- Swetha Musli - (In Sanskrit)
- Swetha Musli - (In Telgu)
- Taniravi Thang - (In Tamil)
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