Origin and distribution
- C. cinerariaefolium is a native of Dalmatia, Herzegovina and Montenegro and is cultivated on a commercial scale in Algeria, Yugoslavia (Dalmatia), Brazil, Bulgaria, Japan, Kenya, New Guinea, Congo, Tanzania, Ecuador, Australia, USA, China, France, Italy, Persia, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, England and India.
- Kenya and its neighbours Tanzania and Rwanda produce over 80% of the total pyrethrum produced in the world.
- The experimental cultivation of pyrethrum in India was under-taken in Kashmir in 1931 and in the Nilgiri hills in the early years of World War II (1942).
- At present, it is successfully grown in several parts of India (Kashmir, Kodaikanal, Lucknow) on a commercial scale.
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Last modified: Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 6:14 AM