Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Sachin R Dhage, Dr. GD Shirke, Dr. JH Kadam and MS Pinjarkar

Abstract:
Surangi (Mammea suriga Buch, -Ham. Ex Roxb Kosterm) is one of the important fragrant flowering and aromatic tree species and endemic to evergreen forest of the Western Ghats. The Western Ghats, which is one of the nine biogeographic regions of India, it possesses various types of tropical forest. The standardization of harvesting stage for higher yield of essential oil content and to study the qualitative changes in surangi flowers during storage are the major objectives of research experiment. Physical, chemical and quality parameters were evaluated against three harvesting stages with five days duration of storage using buds and flowers of surangi. The experiment was carried out with three main treatments, and five sub- treatments and their interaction. Weight of buds and flowers was decreases 100 (g) to 87.4 (g) during storage period, moisture percentage was also decreases 26.23 (g) to 20.96 (g) and variation found in three harvesting stages samples recovery of essential oil percentage was decreased 0.78(%) to 0.39(%)during storage period of buds and flowers. After fixing of standardization of suitable harvesting stage for higher yield of essential oil contents. This fresh flowers of surangi correct harvesting stage is very important to get economical returns to the farmers for handsome returns. All the three stages in which bud stage, fully opened flowers stage and naturally dropped flowers stage in which buds and flowers are stored up to five days then we can verify the effect of qualitative changes in flowers and buds as well as to study effect on oil yield recovery.