वृक्षायुर्वेद (सुरपाल - प्राचीन भारतीय पादप-विज्ञान, कृषि एवं वृक्ष-चिकित्सा सटीक)

Table 2. continued

Materials recommended | Verse number(s) | Constituents/properties reported¹ | Additional information

Kulattha (Macrotyloma uniflorum = Dolichos biflorus), black gram (Vigna mungo), and green gram (V. radiata) | 215 | na | Powder (flour) recommended for use. Could there be release of their products after slow hydrolysis? Or could it be used as spreader/sticker?
Goat/sheep dung | 216–217 | na | na
Tiger/leopard/fox flesh and elephant milk | 218 | na | Seems like an impractical task for any farmer even in those times.
Bones of cow and dog mixed with excreta of cat | 220 | na | Burning these materials together to smoke cucurbits to "cure" various diseases. Fumigating effect cannot be explained unless tested.
Brhati (Solanum indicum) | 53, 55 | na | na
Jaggery | 57 | na | Known to possess sticking property.

1. Information on chemical constituents obtained from the Wealth of India (CSIR, India) and world literature search (1986–95). Readers should feel free to contact the commentator if they wish to know specific references.
2. na = Information not available or inability to interpret.

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• Lastly, a verse, not related to plant protection, caught my attention because the contents of the verse reveal the ground truth for human civilization. Verse 44 states that if wealth, destiny, and king were favorable,
any tree could grow anywhere with special effort. If we interpret wealth as resources, destiny as luck, and king as government and its policies, we should be able to produce enough food for the increasing population!
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