A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN EASTERN GHATS

* BOTANY STUDENTS FROM THE ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN SOUTHERN EASTERN GHATS IN TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES BELONGS TO GRAPE FAMILY 

* SPECIES NAME - CYPHOSTEMMA ANNAMALAII 

( NAMED AFTER FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY - RAJAH SIR ANNAMALAI CHETTIYAR) 

* THIS SPECIES IS START WITH ONE LEAF AND ENDS WITH THREE LEAVES.

* IT HAS AN  OVATE SHAPED FRUIT ( RED IN COLOUR) 

* PETALAS IS GREENISH - WHITE IN COLOR 

* IT HAS THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES USED TO TREAT STOMACH ULCER 

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