NEW TUBER SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA)

* RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AN EDIBLE TUBER SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS ( WAYANAD DISTRICT IN KERALA) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO [  GENUS DIOSCOREA ] 

* THE SPECIES IS NAMED - [ DIOSCOREA BALAKRISHNANII ] 

Named AFTER ENVIRONMENTALIST AND CURRENT SECRETARY OF KERALA STATE BIODIVERSITY  BOARD Dr. V BALAKRISHNAN 

* THIS YAM SPECIES IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS CHOLA KIZHANGU, Among The KATTUNAYIKAR Tribes Of Wayanad.

* THE NEW SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD BY PICHAN M SALIM, OF MS SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION, WAYANAD.