We had been to Munnar inwards Nov 2010. We had taken a drive from Cochin to Munnar. En-route nosotros had encountered this beautiful in addition to tremendous Spice Garden.
This garden hosted plants in addition to trees of nearly all the spices that are used across Bharat similar turmeric, coriander, chilli, cumin, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg etc. It too had plants similar vanilla, whose extract is widely used for commercial purposes in addition to equally an active flavoring component subdivision for many nutrient preparations.
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| Vanilla Plant |
The garden hosted many vegetable plants too but they were special. For instance, nosotros spotted a Brinjal found that was supposed to receive got medicinal values. Then at that spot were many other plants in addition to trees which are used for some medicinal purposes or Ayurvedic purposes, similar Eucalyptus, serpent plant, mint, cocoa pods, ornamental pineapples, betle nuts, brahmi .... in addition to the listing goes on.
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| Brinjal Plant alongside medicinal value |
We were taken through a guided tour of the garden in addition to the Guide filled us inwards alongside some actually valuable information. Would it non receive got been for him, nosotros won't receive got known that the brinjal found nosotros were looking at had medicinal value, that turmeric is added to nearly all Indian curry training alongside other spices because it absorbs the negative effects in addition to harshness of the other spices, balancing the combination inwards turn, or the fact that this hive nosotros observed high upward on a tree was non the i made past times love bees but rather flight ants :)
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| The nest of flight ants on tree top |
The garden too had a store close the entrance from where i could purchase unlike packaged products similar spices, eucalyptus oil, handmade soaps from the extracts of the flora inwards the garden in addition to diverse other such products of Ayurvedic or Herbal cosmetic value.
Overall it was a real enriching equally good equally aromatic in addition to refreshing tour some the spice garden.