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Origin and distribution
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Aswagandha is found wild in grazing grounds in Mandsaur and the forest lands in the Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh, all over the foothills of the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and Western Uttar Pradesh, in the Himalayas. It is also found in the wild in the Mediterranean regions in North Africa. The crop is cultivated in an area of about 4000 ha in India, mainly in the drier parts of Manasa, Neemach and Jawad tehsils of the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, in Punjab, Sindh, Rajasthan and South India. In Karnataka, its cultivation has been reported in the Mysore districts. Area and production Aswagandha is cultivated in 5000 hectares in India predominantly in Madhya Pradesh. The estimated annual production is 2500 metric tones of dry roots. |
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