Commercial Floriculture

Origin and Distribution

• The tuberose is a native of Mexico.
• It is grown largely in the southern states of America, Italy, France, Morocco, South Africa, Taiwan, Egypt and many other tropical and subtropical areas in the world.
• The word tuberose is derived from tuberose. This plant is being the tuberous hyacinth and distinguishes from the bulbous hyacinth.
• In India, tuberose is cultivated on a commercial scale in Ranaghat, Kolaghat and Panskura in West Bengal,
• Devanahalli, Tumkur and Mysore in Karnataka;
• East Godavari, Guntur, Chittoor and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh;
• Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Pune and Thane in Maharashtra.