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Plate 1. Some of the interesting flowering observed during the field work

1. Strobilanthes consanguinea in mass flowering

2. Stray flowering of Strobilanthes heteromallus

3. Mass flowering of Stenosiphonium cordifolium

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Plate 2. Photo published in Current Science as cover page