Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Varieties

DWD-1 (Suwasini):
It was evolved at UAS, Dharwad. It is a clone of single plant root suckers. The leaves are dark green (0.1629 mg of chlorophyll/ gram of fresh leaf), shiny and highly aromatic. It is sensitive to low temperature in winter season and hence the bud burst is poor. The leaves have oil content of 5.22 % and can be dehydrated at 50oC without loss of quality and made into powder.

DWD-1 (Suwasini)                                  DWD-2

DWD-2:
It was evolved at UAS, Dharwad. It is a seedling progeny of unknown source. The leaves are slightly pale green and less aromatic. It is not very sensitive to low temperature and much superior in number of bud burst, inter nodal length and 8 times higher in growth of shoot than DWD-1.

Senkambu:
It is a Coimbatore local type and the leaves have better aroma and flavour due to higher oil content.

There are other two types of curry leaf viz., broad leaved and small leaved types. The small leaved types are more fragrant and hence used for the extraction of essential oil.