A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* TETRATAENIUM MANILALIANUM, A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 

* REASERCH BY AMRUTHA SUNDARAN &  K A SUJANA From BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE AND ANOTHER TEAM FROM KERALA 

* IT IS A HERBACEOUS PLANT, 60-100 cm TALL 

* THIS PLANT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM ITS CLOSE RELATIVE T,SPRENGELIANUM 

* THIS SPECIES epithet - MANILALIANUM ( COMMEMORATE THE LATE PADMASHRI PROF K S MANILAL ( TAXONOMIST & HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT)