Yesterday I walked into town and then to the other side to see the Botanical Garden, started by the British back in the mid 1800's its had a stunning array of trees and smaller plants from the area, the Himalayas and from similar climates around the world.
Because of the unique and very stable climate of the Nilgiri mountains about 70% of the medicinal herbs are grown and processed here and surrounding towns. Ooty has a very big pharmacology university (which I strayed into looking for the right path and was, after wandering around a bit looking for the way out, escorted back out. I had missed the right path by a few feet) and there are dozens of stands and shops selling local essential oils and herbal preparations of all sorts along with honey as it seems that bees can survive fairly well here compared to the rest of the subcontinent.
It was bustling as it was a Sunday so not many pics.
For scale the above tree is about 6' in diameter at about mid way up the photo.
Because of the unique and very stable climate of the Nilgiri mountains about 70% of the medicinal herbs are grown and processed here and surrounding towns. Ooty has a very big pharmacology university (which I strayed into looking for the right path and was, after wandering around a bit looking for the way out, escorted back out. I had missed the right path by a few feet) and there are dozens of stands and shops selling local essential oils and herbal preparations of all sorts along with honey as it seems that bees can survive fairly well here compared to the rest of the subcontinent.
It was bustling as it was a Sunday so not many pics.
For scale the above tree is about 6' in diameter at about mid way up the photo.
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