UNSPSC 51461526: Saw palmetto

This classification denotes a natural product which US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier J7WWH9M8QS, which the Integrated Taxonomic Information System classifies under Taxonomic Serial Number 42508 as a member of Kingdom Plantae, Subkingdom Viridaeplantae, Infrakingdom Streptophyta, Division Tracheophyta, Subdivision Spermatophytina, Infradivision Angiospermae, Class Magnoliopsida, Superorder Lilianae (monocots), Order Arecales, Family Arecaceae, Genus Serenoa Hook. f. (serenoa), Species Serenoa repens, commonly known as SAW PALMETTO.

UNSPSC 51461526 Saw palmetto is a Commodity code covering the procurement of saw palmetto, a botanical supplement derived from the fruit of the saw palmetto plant, commonly used in health and wellness products. State and local governments purchase saw palmetto primarily for inclusion in health and nutritional supplement programs, employee wellness initiatives, and inmate or resident healthcare formularies within correctional facilities, detention centers, and long-term care institutions. The code captures both bulk botanical material and finished supplement products in capsule, tablet, liquid extract, or powder form. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state departments of corrections, state health agencies, county detention facilities, municipal health departments, and institutional procurement offices within state university systems and public health systems.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to this code, making current market activity and geographic concentration indeterminable. Without posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB records, the distribution of buying activity across jurisdictions and regions cannot be characterized from available procurement data.