Chungan he chongan A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Former DG Agriculture Extension Khyber Pakhtun Khwa Province & Visiting Professor Agriculture University Peshawar Pakistan

2. Chongan he
Chongan
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan

3.  Caralluma is a succulent plant (cactus) from
Pakistan. In country it grows wild and is
often used as a border in gardens and as a
roadside shrub.
 It is also found in the wild in Africa, Saudi
Arabia, Canary Islands, Afghanistan, and
Southern Europe
 Caralluma is cooked as a vegetable and
 is used in preserves such as chutneys
 and pickles. It is also eaten raw.

4. CHONG (Caralluma
Tuberculata )
Presentation
By Allah Dad Khan
allahdad52@gmail.com

5.  India - Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab; Pakistan
 Traditionally, Indian tribes chewed chunks of
caralluma to keep from being hungry during
a long hunt. These days, a solution that
contains chemicals taken from the plant
(extract) is used to decrease appetite
for weight loss. It is also used to quench
thirst and to increase endurance.

6. Language Name
Pashto Pumankay
Urdu Choongan
English Bitter Cress
Botanical Caralluma
Tuberculata

7. It is widely distributed in Pakistan in almost all
the four Provinces but the most common in
Baluchistan and secondly in NWFP.
Basically, the Caralluma herb is an edible succulent
plant. It has been utilized by the people for over a
hundred years for many purposes, including the control
of hunger and improved strength. However it has also
been simply used in cooking, as Caralluma is a typical
part
of the diet.

9. Spiny leaves and thick flowers characterize the Caralluma plant.
The flowers are star
shaped and may be purple, red, black or yellow. They are typically
shown during the
summer or fall. The Caralluma stands with an angular stem and is
clump forming.
While the herb has been found extremely useful in many kinds of
situations.

10.  Stem succulent, angular, up to 15 cm tall, branches 8-13 mm
broad. Flowers in terminal cymes, pedicellate. Sepals ovate-
lanceolate. Corolla 8-9 mm in diameter, dark purple, deeply
divided, lobes lanceolate, glabrous. Follicles 8-10.5 cm, glabrous,
gradually tapering towards the tip.

11. Caralluma as Vegetable - Hundreds upon
hundreds of years, even before the Caralluma
herb was known to the Western world, it has
been utilized by the peoples as a vegetable. It
has also been mixed with chutneys and pickles.
It can be consumed both cooked and raw. The
green follicles of the herb are often boiled,
salted, and consumed.

12.  i1.Caralluma s a plant largely associated with Indian hunter-gatherers for
its apparent appetite suppressing properties.,stamina enhancer , food
and thrist quencher .
 2. Helps in weight loss., blocks the enzyme citrate lyase , Malonyl
Coenzyme When these enzyme’s activity istopped, body cannot produce
fat , Chong forces your body to start burning its own fat reserves, thus
promoting fat loss.
 3. Chong is believed to work directly on the appetite control center of
your brain, specifically the hypothal
 4.Caralluma is a “new” discovery in the west in the family of cactii and
succulent plants that are becoming increasingly popular for their appetite
suppressant, and loss properties, as well as their ability to lower blood
sugar.amus, to suppress your appetite.
 5.Used In Diabetes

13.  Sold one pot in Pakistan @ 300 Rupees
 Sold one pot in America @25 Dollars

14. 1. Preparation of Pot)
a) Size of pot = ( 10X3 inches)
b) Mix the following ingredients ( Sand: Silty clay:FYM: Wood
Bran)( 1:1:1:1)
c) Mix the ingredients thoroughly .
d) Fill the pot and left one inch space for water.
e) Place pots I haf sun and shade place.
2.Propogation through seed
a) Chong starts flowers in March and gives uptil July .
b) Seed form in June July .
c) The seed is sown inn July
d) Seed germinate after 20 days.
e) Plant produced take time to maturity .
F ) Not pregferable.

15. 3. Through Cutting Propagation
a) Can be sown year round .
b) Cutting with root and with out roots germinate 100%
c) Plant 30 gm cutting in a pot of ( 10X3 inch)
4.Method of Sowing
a. If through seed , seed depth not more then one inch.
b. Cutting to be planted ½ to 1 inch deep.
c. After planting light watering .
5.Irrigation
a) In winter after 15 days interval
b) In summer after 7 days interval.

16. Shoots with 5 cm in height were separated
and individual shoots were transferred for
rooting to
half-strength MS medium containing
different concentrations of
NAA (α-naphthalene acetic acid),
IAA (indole-3-acetic acid) and
IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid). The cultures
were incubated under 16 h photoperiod for 30
days
until the micro shoots developed the roots.

18. 6. Insects = Snails and caterpillars
7. Production = One pot planted with 30 gm
cutting will produce 300-400 gm per year