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  Coleus Forskohilii-cultivation
     
 

Careful cultivation of the correct species of Coleus forskohlii plants enables optimization of the quality of root material for forskolin content.

Climatic requirements:
C. forskohlii is a species native to subtropical and warm temperate habitats. It grows at 600-1800 m elevation on sun-exposed hill slopes and plateaus in arid and semiarid climatic zones

Soil requirements:
The species grows well in loamy or sandy-loam soil with a pH of 6.4 to 7.9.

Description of the plant:

  
 

Aerial parts

Root parts
 
     
 

Herbaceous plant with annual stem and perenniel rootstock. The root material may be tuberous, semi-tuberous or fibrous depending upon the growth conditions. Approximately 1-500 g of root material can be obtained from a single plant. The forskolin content of the roots varies from 0.07%-0.58% of dry matter.

Refference:

  1. Virbala Shah and B.S. Kalakoti "Development of Coleus forskohlii as a medicinal crop" Proceedings of the International Conference on Domestication and Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products in Agroforestry Systems, hosted by ICRAF, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 19 to 23 February 1996.
 
     
 

Planting seedlings
 

The growing plants
 

The grown plants
 
Root material collection and preparation for processing
 
 
 

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