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	Coconut harvesting at Fragrant Nature. The coconut tree is an important crop in coastal and central areas of Kerala - providing not only food, oil and fuel for cooking but also thatch, wood and coir rope for construction.

Educational Visits and Trips
A list of local visits and trips that Fragrant Nature is able to provide, with concessionary educational pricing.
EducationalVisits.doc (Word .doc 30KB)

Introduction to Kerala
A brief profile of Kerala, its people and culture written by Fragrant Nature.
IntroductionKerala.doc (Word .doc 88KB)

First Malayalam Words
Some basic words of Malayalam, the language of Kerala.
MalayalamWords.doc (Word .doc 57KB)

Fragrant Nature Bird List
Amateur sightings and identification of birds at Fragrant Nature Resort and its immediate locality.
BirdList.doc (Word .doc 43KB)

Fragrant Nature Ayurvedic Plants
A list of some Ayurvedic/ Medicinal plants found on the resort and examples of their uses.
AyurvedicPlantList.doc (Word .doc 37KB)

	Wildlife of Kerala >>

	Butterfly drinking nectar from a Hibiscus

Birding in Kerala
www.birdskerala.com

Butterflies of Kerala
www.butterflieskerala.com

South Indian Spiders
http://southindianspiders.com

	Commercial Crops >>

	Collecting latex from a rubber tree in a local rubber plantation

Coconut
Coconut Development Board, India.
http://coconutboard.nic.in

Coir
Coir Board, India. Includes sections on coir processing, products and coir pith organic manure as an eco-friendly peat substitute.
www.coirindia.org

Cashewnut & Cocoa
Directorate of Cashewnut & Cocoa Development, Kochi.
http://dacnet.nic.in/cashewcocoa/

Rubber
Rubber cultivation section of the Rubber Board, India.
http://rubberboard.org.in/rubbercultivation.asp

Spices
Farm section of the Spices Board, India.
www.indianspices.com/html/s1910far.htm