Governor inaugurates herbal garden at TNAU

Coimbatore: Governor R N Ravi on Sunday inaugurated Herbal & Aroma Garden and Cacti House in the botanical garden of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in the city. The Herbal & Aroma Garden is a rich repository of 150 aromatic, herbal and medicinal species. It will serve as a learning centre to study about the economic and medicinal value of these species.
The governor planted a Rudraksha plant (Elaeocarpus ganitrus) at the Herbal & Aroma Garden. The newly opened Cacti House is yet another collection of nearly 220 species.
He also visited the TNAU Insect Museum which is India’s first of its kind museum consisting of more than 70,000 insect specimens including crop pest, predators and parasitoids. tnn