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Flowers> Tuberose>
Area Under Cultivation
The chief centres of
its commercial production, in India, are: Devanahalli,
Tumkur, Kolar, Belgaum and Mysore (Karnataka);
Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Thane districts (Maharashtra);
Guwahati and Johrat (Assam); Udaipur, Ajmer and
Jaipur (Rajasthan); Navsari and Valsad (Gujarat);
Coimbatore and Madurai districts (Tamil Nadu);
East Godavari and Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) and
Midnapur district (West Bengal).
Botanical
Name :- Polianthes
tuberosa
Family :-
Amaryllidaceae
Plant
Discription :- It
is a half hardy,herbaceous perennial with fibrous
roots, 60 to 120 cm high, having a bulb like tuberous
rootstock and fleshy leaves linear , grass like
foliage. The foliage is narrow at the base and
wider at the top and is arranged in a rosette
at the base.
Centre of
Origin :- Mexico
Pollination
System :- Cross
pollinated
Chromosome
No. :- 2n=30
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