Table 5. Local and regional trade routes for C. strictum resin in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states.
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State |
Legality |
Use by collector communities |
Local Trade |
Regional Trade |
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Local buyers |
Use |
Trade route |
Location of markets |
Uses |
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Tamil Nadu |
Not Permitted |
Prayer rituals, medicine |
Bagada villages |
Prayer rituals |
Sale through contractors to buyers in South Tamil Nadu |
South Tamil Nadu
and Kerala |
Incense industry Paint and varnish industry, matchstick
industry |
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Kerala |
Permitted |
Prayer rituals, medicine |
Local people |
Prayer incense and house fumigation (to kill mosquitoes) |
Auctioned through the MFP Federation sale mostly to buyers from Tamil
Nadu |
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