Blepharistemma membranifolium is a species of plant in the family Rhizophoraceae, and the only species of the genus Blepharistemma. The tree typically grows in a wet tropical biome and is native to southwest India.[2]

Blepharistemma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rhizophoraceae
Genus: Blepharistemma
Wall. ex Benth.
Species:
B. membranifolium
Binomial name
Blepharistemma membranifolium
(Miq.) Ding Hou
Synonyms[1]
  • Rodschiedia Dennst.
  • Blepharistemma serratum Suresh
  • Blepharistemma corymbosum Wall. ex Benth.
  • Dryptopetalum membranaceum Miq. ex Benth.
  • Gynotroches membranifolia Miq.
  • Rodschiedia serrata Dennst.

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