A moosli mafia is at work
India has a huge wealth of medicinal plants, most of which have been used in the Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicines, and by tribal healers. Safed moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum) is amongst them. These herbs are used in more than 100 traditional drug formulations and safed moosli has acquired a huge demand in Indian and international markets. Indian forests are in fact, quite rich in safed moosli, but this recent swell of demand has put them under acute duress.
Many scientists and researchers advocate commercial cultivation of safed moosli to circumvent this. And in fact, many innovative farmers have already started commercial cultivation to take advantage of the demand glut. Initially, the herb was farmed organically