A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ASSAM

* SCIENTIST HAVE FOUND A NEW SPECIES OF PLANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST, IN ASSAM. ( ASSAM - MEGHALAYA BORDER) 

* SPECIES NAMED - MYCETIA ASSAMICA 

* GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IS A SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST 

* RESEARCHERS FROM KALIABOR COLLEGE, TRIPURA UNIVERSITY, PANDIT DINDAYAL UPADHYAY ADARSHA MAHAVIDYA GUWAHATI, AND SIKKIM UNIVERSITY 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO RUBIACEA FAMILY 

* THIS PLANT IS WOODY SHRUB WITH YELLOW TO WHITE FLOWER, 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO ASSAM's FLORISTIC And BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HERITAGE 

* THiS SPECIES CATEGORIES AS THE DATA DEFICIENT ( IUCN (