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PLANTATION EXPERIENCE

Feel the aroma of spices & learn about it.

Our plantation is part of the FarmStay facility, and this gives our guests a chance to get to know about various spices, its land preparation, planting, manuring, irrigation, harvesting & processing. Our plantation covers about 5 acres of land and visiting our plantation is like a journey through nature, amidst a wide range of flora and fauna. The main spice items planted here include Cardamom, Pepper & Clove. Addition to that our plantation covers Nutmeg, Cocoa, Areca Nut, Coconut, various types of Bananas and Fruit items with various types of Jackfruit & Mangoes, Rose Apple, Love Apple, Custard Apple, Pomegranate, Papaya and various flower plants & medicinal plants. Latest additions to our fruit list are: Rambutan, Mangosteen, Apple, Orange, Butter Fruit, & Grapes. Our plantation also covers a wide variety of Trees like Teak, Malabar Kino, Jack Tree, Mango Tree etc… Our plantation is also a natural ecosystem for various types of Flies, Insects and birds like White-bellied Treepie, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Nilgiri Pipit, Malabar Parakeet, Broad-tailed Grassbird, Bulbul, Small Sunbird, Great Hornbill etc...

 

SPICES PLANTS

 

Cardamom

Cardamom Plant

Cardamom ( Elettaria) is native to the evergreen rainy forests of Western Ghats in South India and is known as the Queen of Spices. Cardamom is mainly used for flavouring various preparations of food, confectionery, beverages, liquors and used in Ayurvedic medicines.

Dried Cardamom

Cardamom plants normally start producing yield after two years of planting. Picking is carried out at an interval of 40-45 days and the peak period of harvest is during October-November. Ripe capsules are harvested without delay to get maximum green colour during curing. After harvest, capsules are dried using dryer machines at 45o C for 11-12 hours. They are then sorted out according to size and colour quality.

Black Pepper

Pepper Plant

Pepper is also considered to be originated in the hills of South Western Ghats of India. Pepper has got rich preservative values and thus it is largely used in food industries. The black pepper plant is a woody climber and the harvested corns are dried to get the Black Pepper.

Dried Pepper

The preservative values of Black Pepper makes it the largely exported spice and thus it is known as “ Black Gold”.

Clove

Clove Tree

Cloves are the flower buds of the Clove Tree. Clove flower buds are harvested in their immature state and then dried to get the Cloves.

Dried Cloves

Whole cloves are shaped like a small, reddish-brown spike, usually around 1 centimetre in length, with a bulbous top. Cloves can be used whole or ground, and they have a very strong, pungent flavor and aroma.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg Tree

Nutmeg is a spice made from the seed of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen tree that is the source of two popular spices: Nutmeg and Mace. Nutmeg is the inner seed, while mace is the red, lace-like substance that covers the seed.

Dried Nutmeg

Nutmeg seeds are dried in the sun and are ready when the kernels rattle in their shells when shaken. It is then separated from the outer coat (the mace) and as Nutmeg seed.

SEED PLANTS

Coffee

 

Cocoa

 

Areca Nut

 

Coconut

 

FRUIT PLANTS

Varieties of Bananas

 

Varieties of Jackfruits

 

Varieties of Mangoes

 

Rose Apple

 

Custard Apple

 

Pomegranate

 

Papaya

 

NATURAL ECOSYSTEM

Our plantation is also a natural ecosystem for various types of Flies, Insects and birds like White-bellied Treepie, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Nilgiri Pipit, Malabar Parakeet, Broad-tailed Grassbird, Bulbul, Small Sunbird, Great Hornbill etc...

Broad tailed Grassbird

 

Bulbul

 

Great Hornbill

 

Malabar Parakeet

 

Nilgiri Flycatcher

 

Nilgiri Pipit

 

Small Sunbird

 

White bellied Treepie

 

OUR GARDEN