A Special Cover on Tirur Vettila (betel leaf) was released on 13th September 2021 at Tirur.
Tirur Vettilas is a leaf of Betelvine belonging to Piperaceae family which is an ever greed perennial creeper with glossy heart shaped leaves and it is valued both for its mild, stimulant action, digestive and medicinal properties. It is mainly cultivated in 26 Panchayats coming under 6 blocks of Malappuram District in mainly two systems - Ottakodi and Koorrakkodi. Tirur Vettila is known to be with high euginol content and hence have potential use in food flavours and medicines.
Cover Code: KL/16/2021
Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.
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