About Neerkuruntha
Blepharistemma membranifolium is a species of plant in the family Rhizophoraceae, and the only species of the genus Blepharistemma. The tree typically grows in a wet tropical biome and is native to southwest India.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Blepharistemma membranifolia
- Genus
- Blepharistemma
- Family
- RHIZOPHORACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Rhizophoraceae
Mangrove Family
Neerkuruntha belongs to the Rhizophoraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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