Gonkha price falls due to supply surge when trade remains stable

The supply of Gonkha (Leptadenia reticulate) is usually ample during monsoon season, resulting in a decline in price and trading doing well at the same time.
The Gonkha price was pretty good in summer, and it is used as an ingredient of betel quid as well as in making herbal medicines.
“The price is not very good because the supply is abundant during monsoon season. Price has fallen now compared to summer. Last summer, the price was pretty good. Gonkha is mostly used by betel accessory shops and betel quid shops. It is also used in powder form in traditional medicines, such as traditional mineral powder. It is also bought by herbal medicine shops. Both Yangon and Mandalay have placed orders for Gonkha,” said a Gonkha trader from Meiktila Township.
Jivanti or Gonkha is available in all seasons but is produced mainly during the monsoon season. It can’t be planted as it is included in the group of Gamon species. “It produces in all seasons, especially abundant in monsoon. It grows naturally. We tried to plant it but failed. We can make it preserved,” he said.
Gonkha quickly gets rotten under the heat of summer, so the price typically gets high in summer. — Thit Taw/ZS/ED