Illustrated proposal for a guideline on the commercial collection of the medicinal plant

 Harpagophytum procumbens from the environment

(GHP / GcoIP, Good Harvesting/Collecting Practice for Medecinal Plant-Material)

Handbook for Sustainable Harvest

 in Semi-Wild Populations of

Harpagophytum procumbens

(Devil’s Claw, Grapple Plant, Sengaparile)

and

Preperation of Good Quality

Devil’s Claw Root Tubers

For education of diggers, traders, exporters and

nature conservation authorities

 Prepared by

Dr. Ernst Schneider

Salus-Haus, Bruckmühl, Germany

for the

Kalahari Harpagophytum Project

(a PPP-Project supported by GTZ)

March 2000

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Last modified: Januarie 28, 2003