Collection Period of NTFPS in India

Collection Period of NTFPS in India

Description	Collection period
Fibres and flosses Fibre Kapok floss Grasses	March-May May-June October-March
Bamboo and canes Bamboo Canes	All year round All year round
Essential oils Lemon grass Palmarosa Eucalyptus Cinnamom Sandal Deodar Pine	May-June October-November All year around All year round All year round All year round All year round
Non-edible oil seeds Mahua Neem Karanj Kusum Sal Kokum Nahor Undi	April-June (northern), Oct-Nov. (southern) May-June June-October (Different parts of the country) June-July April-June May-June May-June April-June and September-November
Tans and dyes Babul bark Avaram bark Wattle bark Myrobalans	All year round All year round All year round January-March
Gums and resins Karaya gum Ghatti and babul Resins	April -June April-June March-June
Lac and tasar silk Lac and lac products Tasar silk Tendu Leaves	Oct-January and April-July August-December April-June
Drugs, Spices and insecticides Sarpagandha Kuth Cinchona Edible products	Not available October Not available Not available

Source: Nautiyal, S. and Kaul, A.K. Eds. Non-timber forest products of India. Dehradun, Jyoti Publishers. 2003.