{"id":120852,"date":"2026-08-25T12:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=120852"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:41:59","slug":"guggal-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/guggal-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Guggal Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Guggal Plant Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Kutch-based non-profit is planting Khara and Mitha Guggal across five villages to restore native medicinal heritage and biodiversity on community grazing lands.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Guggal Plant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>spiny shrub or small tree<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the Burseraceae family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is native to <\/span><b>India, Arabia and Pakistan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, it is found in the <\/span><b>arid, rocky tracts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Guggal Plant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an ash-colored bark that <\/span><b>comes off in large rough flakes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exposing the under bark that also peels away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tree <\/span><b>remains without any foliage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for most of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant <\/span><b>prefers arid and semi-arid climates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is tolerant of poor soil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows well in <\/span><b>sandy to silt loam soils,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>are poor in organic matter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and rich in other matters and also considered as <\/span><b>drought and salinity resistant plant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guggal seeds do not germinate easily and the <\/span><b>saplings take a long time to mature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014about 10 years<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Guggul Gum<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Traditional Uses:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gum guggul is used as <\/span><b>incense, to make lacquers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, varnishes, and ointments, as a fixative in perfumes, and in medicine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Modern Uses:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Modern therapeutic uses of guggul include nervous diseases, hemiplegia, leprosy, marasmus, musclespasms, neuralgia rtc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guggal-gum <\/span><b>extract targets the Farnesoid X Receptor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (FXR) that regulates cholestrol and checks bile acids produced from cholestrol by the liver.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>resin from the Guggal tree, known as guggul,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is valued in Ayurvedic medicine for treating various ailments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/non-profit-undertakes-plantation-of-guggal-species-on-commons-land-in-attempt-to-restore-kutchs-native-medicinal-heritage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guggal Plant is a spiny shrub or small tree belonging to the Burseraceae family. 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