Marikolundhu - மரிக்கொழுந்து - Seeds

This plant has its native of Tamilnadu,Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. This plant is a small and aromatic herb and xerophytic in nature. In the regional languages the Marikolunthu is known as Thavanam, marikolunthu in Tamil, Thavanamu in Telugu and davana in Kannada. It is commercially cultivated for its aromatic oil. The flowers are small racemose panicles bearing numerous flower heads or capitula but the silky which covering down gives the appearance of foliage of grey color. It has pinna sect and alternate leaves (the leaves divided into opposite pairs of lobes combined at the bottom gives the flower like appearance. The most commercial by-product manufactured from Davana plant is Davana perfumery oil. The oil is not much popular in India but famous and exported to America, France, Germany and Netherland for its aromatic perfume Davana leaves and flowers are used to make bouquet, flower garland and flower arrangements. Its cost is high. The plant seeds are very small and small and tender seedlings should be taken an extra care to cultivate. When applied to the skin, it will give different smell in different persons.

Number of seeds : 100+ Delivery : All over India Time : 5 days shipping