Lavender

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About Lavender:

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
The flowers may be blue, violet or lilac in the wild species, occasionally blackish purple or yellowish.
Lavender has been used over centuries in traditional medicine and cosmetics.
These flowers grow in temperate areas and are drought-resistant crops.
A single Lavender plant bears flowers for 15 years, needs low maintenance and can be used from the second year of plantation.

CSIR-AROMA Mission, under the Ministry of Science & Technology aims to develop and disseminate the aroma-related science and technology to reach the end user/clients of CSIR: Farmers, industry and society.
Under the Centre’s ‘One District, One Product’ scheme, Lavender has been designated as the Doda brand product.

Bhaderwah, which is also known as ‘Chhota Kashmir’, has a mild cold climate during summers that is ideal for Lavender.
Bhaderwah is the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution.
India’s first National Institute of High Altitude Medicine is also being built in Bhaderwah.
Bhaderwah (also Bhadarwah Valley) is a town, tehsil and sub-division in the district Doda of Jammu.

Source : PIB