A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ASSAM

* FACULTY FROM GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHARY UNIVERSITY & GUWAHATI BASED BOTANIST ( BIRINA BHUYAN) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES ( FLOWERING) IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIORRHIZA ASSAMENSIS 

* THIS SPECIES GROWN IN MOIST & SHADY HABITAT ( KAMRUP DISTRICT) 

* IT IS A PERENNIAL HERB SPECIES, LARGE RIBBED LEAF, SMALL WHITE FLOWER 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - RUBIACEAE 

* THE OPHIORRHIZA GENUS IS KNOWN AS NATURAL SOURCE OF CAMPTOTHECIN ( A COMPOUND THAT IS USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER ( ALSO. CONOL CANCER) 

* THIS SPECIES UNDER DATA DEFICIENT Under IUCN