New plant species from Western Ghats
May 27 , 2020
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- Three new plant species reported in the evergreen forest patches of the southern end of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- These are as follows
- Eugenia sphaerocarpa of the Myrtaceae or Rose apple family - Found in Kakkayam area of the Malabar wildlife sanctuary in Kerala.
- Goniothalamus sericeus of the Annonaceae family of custard apple - Found in the Kanyakumari wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.
- Memecylon nervosum of the Melastomataceae.
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