A tale of the curry leaf plant

Dr. Seema Patel (PhD)
Phytophilia
Published in
3 min readJul 28, 2023

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Indians love curry leaves! Its aromatic flavor is desired in several Indian dishes.

Growing up, we had several curry leaf plants in our yard. People in the village would just come and pick as much as they needed. They did not even take permission.

But then I came to Southern California. And I was shocked to see a few sprigs sold at $1–2. It is a specialty commodity here, and not even…

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Dr. Seema Patel (PhD)
Phytophilia

I write about nature, personal life, health, literature, gardening, psychology, art, bioinformatics, and data. Imparting joy, truth and knowledge is the goal.