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The Database on Rare, Endangered and Threatened plants of Kerala is a red list compiled by The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Kerala, with information from various institutions and scientists. It is a list of plants that are presently threatened present in Kerala. [1]
Vegetation types. Eastern Kerala's windward mountains shelter tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests which are generally characteristic of the wider Western Ghats: crowns of giant sonokeling (binomial nomenclature: Dalbergia latifolia — Indian rosewood), anjili (Artocarpus hirsuta), mullumurikku (Erythrina), Cassia, and other trees dominate the canopies of large tracts of virgin forest.
Boundary mapping has revealed that the total area of Myristica swamps in Kerala is about 1.5 km2 which hardly make up 0.004% of the total land area of Kerala (38,864 km2) and 0.014% of the total forest area of Kerala (11,126 km2). The swamps in Karnataka are located at about 300m altitude, the swamps in Kerala are at an altitude of 200m.
Has 4 species of fresh water mangroves, 160 species of flowering and 9 of ferns. 5 species of mammals, 18 of amphibians, 12 of reptiles, 89 of birds, 106 of butterflies, 72 types of small plants, 13 of creepers are found. 120 species of water. [16] 5 Pandalam trees Kerala Pathanamthitta Pandalam municipality 16 trees (heronries) in town [11] 6
Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KIIDC) is a wholly owned company of the Government of Kerala formed for the promotion and development of medium and large scale irrigation and water supply projects units in the State. It is the nodal agency for foreign and domestic investments in the irrigation sector in Kerala,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu It is heavy and hard. It is durable under water and in damp conditions, however, it cracks if exposed to direct sun. White ants do not attack it. It is used for piles, platforms of wooden bridges, door and window panels. Lauraceae, Saj Lauraceae: Dark brown [10] 880 kg/m 3: 1,480 lb/cu yd
The trees remain flowering for about 14–20 days, with one flower in each inflorescence opening on alternate days, or rarely on consecutive days or the same day. [5] The flowers begin to open at dusk around 6:45 p.m. and are fully open around 7:15 p.m, by which time, the flower has viable pollen grains and receptive stigma.
Kerala Water Authority is an autonomous authority established for the development and regulation of water supply and waste water collection and disposal in the state of Kerala, India. [2] It is a government-owned organization and hence a monopoly in most parts of the state. The authority was founded on 1 April 1984. [1]