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Orange found in Tamenglong District will be named as Tamenglong Mandarin or Tamenglong Orange. The govt issued a Gazette on 1st December. A meeting of committee for naming/renaming of all important local horticulture crops of Manipur was held on September 11 this year. Speaking exclusively to Impact News, Joint Director, Department of Horticulture and Soil Conservation, AS Ningmi said now no other place or people can claim the orange found in Tamenglong as theirs. Joint Director AS Ningmi also said apart from the orange found in Tamenglong, wild cherry or black cherry widely grown in Ukhrul, Senapati and Tamenglong districts of Manipur included in the Gazette will be named as Manipur Cherry.  The decision to rename them was taken under Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Act 2001 in the meeting of the Committee chaired by Principal Secretary, Horticulture. 

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