Table 1 Concentration of certain nutrient elements present in Whole curry leaf tree

and its constituent organs

S.NO

ELEMENT

WHOLE
TREES

LEAVES

STEMS

WOOD

BARK

ROOTS

MEAN

Nitrogen %

1.57

2.05

1.4

1.12

1.75

2.02

1.65

Phosphorous%

0.09

0.12

0.09

0.08

0.11

0.12

0.10

Potassium%

0.69

0.81

0.62

0.58

0.81

0.79

0.72

Sulphur %

0.37

0.42

0.33

0.34

0.52

0.42

0.4

Calcium %

2.35

2.42

2.24

2.05

2.42

2.61

2.35

Magnesium %

0.58

0.61

0.58

0.53

0.64

0.62

0.59

Sodium %

0.04

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.04

Copper (ppm)

10.28

11.79

9.72

10.55

13.01

12.22

11.26

Iron (ppm)

59.57

66.91

66.9

50.96

71.53

67.63

63.92

10

Manganese (ppm)

51.02

60.35

60.35

44.39

65.03

59.12

56.71

11

Zinc (ppm)

21.93

26.58

26.58

17.41

27.38

26.19

24.35

Table 2 Ranges in the concentration of certain nutrient elements present in Whole

curry leaf tree and its constituent organs

S.NO

ELEMENT

LEAVES

STEMS

WOOD

BARK

ROOTS

1.82 - 2.25

1.02 - 1.83

1.01 - 1.22

1.36 - 2.26

1.91 - 2.16

Nitrogen %

Phosphorous%

0.096 - 0.113

0.091 - 0.098

0.083 - 0.092

0.096 -0.112

0.089 - 0.115

Potassium%

0.754 - 0.842

0.587 - 0.646

0.546 -0.614

0.741 - 0.845

0.815 - 0.865

Sulphur %

0.317 - 0.483

0.307 - 0.406

0.301 - 0.386

0.323 - 0.651

0.344 - 0.471

Calcium %

2.09 - 2.83

2.06 - 2.48

2.01 - 2.14

2.09 - 2.86

2.07 - 2.91

Magnesium %

0.583 - 0.636

0.538 - 0.606

0.507 - 0.602

0.609 - 0.701

0.534 - 0.636

Sodium %

0.036 - 0.045

0.033 - 0.041

0.032 - 0.035

0.033 - 0.045

0.034 - 0.047

Copper (ppm)

10.47 - 13.34

9.05 - 10.31

8.93 - 12.08

12.37 - 14.05

1186 - 12.62

Iron (ppm)

59.36 - 74.61

50.36 - 62.39

47.48 - 55.39

60.39 - 80.77

62.67 - 73.08

10

Manganese (ppm)

44.67 - 78.38

40.55 - 51.16

40.08 - 50.87

53.15 - 79.44

53.85 - 65.01

11

Zinc (ppm)

20.36 - 30.14

18.63 - 20.38

16.36 - 18.54

22.65 - 33.38

22.65 - 28.34

Table 3 Proportions of different nutrient elements in various parts of

curry leaf tree expressed as percentage of the amount in whole tree

S.NO

ELEMENT

LEAVES

STEMS

WOOD

BARK

ROOTS

Nitrogen %

25.03

38.69

13.22

8.63

14.43

Phosphorous%

20.12

42.35

16.36

8.38

12.79

Potassium%

22.08

39.43

15.49

9.17

13.83

Sulphur %

20.26

38.67

16.82

10.97

13.28

Calcium %

19.61

42.95

16.14

7.96

13.34

Magnesium %

19.61

43.04

16.65

8.47

12.23

Sodium %

20.61

42.04

16.41

8.01

12.93

Copper (ppm)

21.53

39.98

16.44

9.88

12.17

Iron (ppm)

22.11

40.29

14.67

9.27

13.66

10

Maagnesium (ppm)

22.16

38.63

15.44

9.88

13.89

11

Zinc (ppm)

22.68

38.83

14.54

9.67

14.28

Table 4 Actual quantities of certain nutrient elements present

in a whole curry leaf tree and its parts

S.NO

ELEMENT

WHOLE
TREES

LEAVES

STEMS

WOOD

BARK

ROOTS

Nitrogen ( g )

49.55

12.09

19.54

6.57

4.29

7.06

Phosphorous( g )

3.08

0.61

1.29

0.51

0.26

0.41

Potassium%

21.58

4.74

8.47

3.37

2.02

2.98

Sulphur ( g )

10.41

2.31

4.51

2.01

1.35.

1.58

Calcium ( g )

73.89

14.4

31.66

11.98

5.84

10.01

Magnesium ( g )

18.38

3.57

7.91

3.07

1.56

2.27

Sodium ( mg)

1172

241

486

194

95

156

Copper ( mg)

343

72

132

60

33

46

Iron ( mg)

1858

380

749

295

176

258

10

Maagnesium ( mg)

1607

364

601

255

163

224

11

Zinc ( mg)

691

158

263

102

68

100