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Pink Bloom

November 24, 2020
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A ‘pink bloom’ phenomenon is drawing tourists to a village in Kerala

What is it?

  • Actually it is a invasive pink flowering plant which is spread over a vast area in Kozhikode’s Avala Pandi near Perambra
  • Avala Pandi, a village in Kerala’s Kozhikode has generated a lot of interest among locals as images of the aquatic plant spread across the village has sparked a lot of attention.
  • This plant belongs to the family of Cabomba furcata
  • It is locally known as ‘mullan payal’.
  • According to botanists, though these invasive plants appear attractive, they pose a serious threat to water bodies
  • The 1,500-acre Avala Pandi, known as the rice-bowl of Kozhikode

What is an invasive species?

An invasive species is most often a non-native species that spreads from a point of introduction to become naturalized and negatively alters its new environment

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