Karvi honey
Strobilanthes callosa
A rare wild-bee honey from the karvi shrub of the Western Ghats hills. It is thicker and darker than most honeys.
- Origin
- Western Ghats, India (Maharashtra, Karnataka)
- Colour
- 100 mm · amber
- Taste
- thick, full, dark
- Plant
- Strobilanthes callosa · karvi (Strobilanthes) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Karvi flowers en masse only once every seven or eight years, after which whole stands die back, so the honey appears only in those years.
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