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CSR

Name : Aerides ringens (Lindl.)C.E.C.Fisch.

Name : Aerides ringens (Lindl.)C.E.C.Fisch. Common name : Curled Aerides Habitat : Epiphyte

Distribution : India and Srilanka Flowering & fruiting : April to July IUCN category: Threatened

Description: Leaves 13-15 x 0.5 cm, linear, keeled, obliquely bi- lobulate. Flowers white with pink, 2 x 1.5 cm,in about 20 cm long, dorsal sepal 8 x 3 mm, oblong-ovate, acute,5-veined; later- als 5 x 3.5 mm, broadly ovate, acute, 5-veined;petals 6 x 3 mm, oblong, obtuse, 5-veined; lip 6 x 2 mm, ovate, acute, side lobes oblong or orbicular small, midlobe linear-oblong, acute; disc with fleshy callus; spur 6 x 2 mm, cylindrical.

Eravikulam National Park will close from 1st February 2023 to 31st March 2023

Due to calving season of Nilgiri Tahr.Eravikulam National Park is clossed for visitors from 1st February 2023 to 31st March 2023

Tree Fern Trail

The Tree Fern Trial is a trekking program that takes place in the Anamudi Shola National Park under the Munnar Wildlife Division. The Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department is organizing an opportunity for the public to get acquainted with the largest evergreen forest in Asia. The charge for a 2-hour trekking program is Rs 300 for Indians and Rs 700 for foreigners.Programs will start every day from 8 am at the forest station at Kanthalloor Perumala in Anamudi Shola National Park.

Eravikulam National Park is open to visitors.

All the eco tourism destination under Munnar Wildlife Division will be opened from 09.08.2021 onwards as per the order number G.O.(Rt)No.564/2021/DMD dated 04/082021