Neem: India's tree of life

[sugarimp]

By Anna Horsbrugh Porter, Producer, The Wonderful World of Neem

The Neem tree grows prolifically throughout South Asia, especially in India, Sri Lanka and Burma.Its medicinal properties have been known about for thousands of years - Neem features in ancient Sanskrit texts - and its uses are so varied that this tree is called the "Village Pharmacy

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[rocza]

This will be made selectively available in different languages to patent offices around the world to enable them to check whether a request for a patent is for a genuinely new use of an ancient medicine like Neem, or one that has been known about and used for thousands of years.

This is awesome. I'm glad to see that India is tackling biopiracy head on and proactively.

[sugarimp]

While I could be considered one of the most unpatriotic indians around, this does make me feel a wee bit proud.

[eslee]

That's awesome! Neem is amazing, even if it does smell like bottled evil.

[juhuacha]

I wonder if a small neem tree could be grown indoors...