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)

Packaging & Storage

Collectors from a community in South Africa with their harvest in dried root slices of Harpagophytum packed in clean bags.

(Credit: G.Olivier, South Africa)

Selecting and weighing the material brought by collectors in Namibia (Credit: Kraft,Dorbabis,Namibia)

	Sifting and cleaning of dried sliced root tubers of Harpagophytum in Namibia (Credit: Krafft,Dorbabis,Namibia)
Packed root slices of Harpago phytum in a clean storage room ready for exportation.

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Last modified: Januarie 28, 2003