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Neelakurinji reserve
November 28 , 2017
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- The government has decided to redraw the boundaries of the Neelakurinji reserve located in Munnar in Idukki district of Kerala.
- It has the reserve area of 3200 hectares.
- It blooms once in 12 years and it is expected to bloom in July, 2018.
- Neelakurinji is a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats and Shevroys in the Eastern Ghats of South India.
- It belongs to the genus Strobilanthes which has around 250 species.
- Blooming periods of different species of Kurinji differ from each other.
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