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KOLKATA: The Indian Botanic Garden is about to start research on wild herbs and plants that have been recently identified by its scientists as potential sources of perfume. This is another growing need today,” he added.A 650sqft river-facing plot in the southern fringes of Botanic Garden has been earmarked for the aromatic plant section. An exclusive aromatic plant garden is also being set up where at least 30 species of wild and hitherto unknown plants, as well as 30 known ones, will be cultivated for research. However, the study of aromatic plants is a science that has been in existence since 2000-3000 BC,” explained Basant Singh, a key scientist of this project. The study that we are initiating here will be on a par with advanced research happening across bio-laboratories worldwide..