Blepharistemma membranifolia (Miq.) Ding Hou

 
  • Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
    (Mangrove Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhizophoraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Blepharistemma serratum (Dennst.) Suresh
  • Common name : Neerkuruntha
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nirkurunda (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
  • Flower, Fruit : February-July
  • Collection Nos : Metz in Hohenack 713 (K)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blepharistemma membranifolia. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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