As Darjeeling of west Bengal is famous for tea Punjab for wheat, Which crop is Kerala famous for? -Geography

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Kerala is famous for the plantation crop rubber. It is the leading rubber plantation state in India. It accounts for 92 per cent of the country's total natural rubber production.

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