Shola
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A shola is the local name for a patch of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnad
Sholas in southern Western Ghats.
Shola forest and grassland
Shola forest interspersed in valleys among high elevation grasslands on the Brahmagiri Hills
A hillside with mass Kurinji flowering in 2018
Strobilanthes kunthiana
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Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil language and Malayalam and Gurige in Kannada, is a shrub of the bear's breeches family that is found in the shola forests of the West
Shola
…denticulata, Magnolia nilagirica, Actinodaphne bourdillonii, and Litsea wightiana. Below the upper story is a low under story and a dense shrub layer. Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil, is a well known shrub endemic to Western Ghats that blossoms only once in 12 years. There is a thick…
Strobilanths kunthiana
Kurinji