India’s First Monk Fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) Cultivation Started in Kullu

• 16 Jul 2021

• The first ever monk fruit cultivation exercise in India has been started in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, having suitable agroclimatic conditions. The plant prefers mountainous area with an annual mean temperature of about 16–20 °C and humid conditions.
• The monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii), is known now throughout the world for its intensely sweet taste, and it has been used as a non-caloric natural sweetener.
• This crop is cultivated only in China.
• Monk Fruit gets its name from the Buddhist monks who first used it.