Pandikot Pallam set to be declared local biodiversity heritage site

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Pandikot Pallam, a biodiversity-rich wetland in Nileshwaram municipality, India, is set to be declared a local biodiversity heritage site. The area is home to rare plant species including Krishnakesara bispinosa, Rotala tulunadensis, and Blyxa kasargodensis, found nowhere else in the world.

Pandikot Pallam, a biodiversity-rich wetland in Nileshwaram municipality, is home to Krishnakesara bispinosa, an extremely rare plant believed to have been recorded nowhere else in the world. Two other rare species, Rotala tulunadensis and Blyxa kasargodensis, have also been documented at the site.