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Neythal nilam is one of the five types of Tamil landholdings known to have been distributed in ancient Tamil Nadu. The sea and the sea-related places are called Nethal. The Tolkappiyam says about it that "Varuna is the great sand world".

There are two types of Neythal flower, brackish flower that blooms in backwaters and freshwater flower that blooms in paddy fields.

Tumbai Flower:

About this flower, in the book Venbamalai, it is mentioned that the warriors of Katumbor used to burn the flower by touching it as a garland.