Karanja Plant

The cake left after extraction of oil from Karanja, is excellent organic manure with insect controlling properties. Nature Neem Karanja Cake having minimum karanjan content of 1800 ppm and provides the crop with essential nutrients, while significantly reducing the number of soil insects and nematodes. Our field research proves that the Mixtures of Nature Neem Neem Cake and Nature Neem Karanja Cake gives good yields.

Composition of Karanja Cake :

N      - 4.0%

P205 - 0.9%

K20   - 1.3%

Oil     - 5%

Application of Nature Neem Karanja oil

· Used as  lighting oil, in pharmacy particularly for skin problems, in tanning and soaps.

· Soap made from crude oil tends to darken due to a component, Isolonchocarpin, which gives a colour in the presence of alkali.

· In rural areas the leaves are used to prevent infestation of grains.

· The cake after oil extraction may be used as a manure.

· Much research has been carried out on secondary processing of Karanja oil to overcome some of its shortcomings. The presence of a hypotensive principle and a substance producing uterine contraction has been reported.

· All parts of the plant have also been analyzed due to its reported medicinal importance.

· Karanja oil, like Neem oil, has been widely used for pesticidal, insecticidal, nematicidal and bactericidal activity.