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മരമഞ്ഞൾ, മഞ്ഞവള്ളി, Coscinium fenestratum


while walking through forest it's a thrilling moment to observe a criticaly endangered plant on its natural habitat...
മരമഞ്ഞൾ, മഞ്ഞവള്ളി
Coscinium fenestratum
Sanskrit : कालीयक ,वल्लि दारुहरिदा
The species is restricted to the Western Ghats of Karnataka (Coorg, Udupi, Dakshin and Uttar Kannada districts), Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Wynaad, Thrissur, Idukki and Palakkad) and Tamil Nadu (Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Nilgiri districts) up to an altitude of 1000 m msl.
The species is seen confined to the semievergreen and wet evergreen forests.
Photos from Kasaragod, Ranipuram.

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