Medicinal plants prove popular in India
The expo, which was inaugurated by Agriculture Secretary C Parthasarathi on Thursday, has more than 70 stalls which include plant nurseries, seeds, bio-fertilizers, gardening equipment and flower pots, some of which were procured as far as from Germany. It has stalls not only from the city, but also from faraway places like Darjeeling.
Amongst the plant varieties, the Costus Igneus, commonly known as insulin plant (sugar or diabetics plant in local slang) and Morinda Citrifolia (Noni plant), which is believed to offer a cure to patients at the primary stage of cancer, attracted the attention of visitors, who were keen on shifting from normal gardening plants.
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