{"id":172360,"date":"2022-03-05T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=172360"},"modified":"2022-03-05T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T14:59:09","slug":"glycosmis-albicarpa-new-gin-berry-species-discovered-in-southern-western-ghats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/glycosmis-albicarpa-new-gin-berry-species-discovered-in-southern-western-ghats\/","title":{"rendered":"Glycosmis albicarpa: New gin berry species discovered in southern Western Ghats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India(BSI) have discovered a new gin berry species named \u201c<\/span>Glycosmis albicarpa<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span>from the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is <\/b>Glycosmis albicarpa?<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n

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Glycosmis albicarpa<\/span><\/i> is a <\/span>gin berry species. <\/b>It belongs to the Orange family, Rutaceae.<\/span><\/p>\n

Habitat:<\/b> Endemic to the southern Western Ghats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Features:<\/b> It is an evergreen small tree with a distinct white fruit growing on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uses:<\/b> The Berries of <\/span>Glycosmis <\/span><\/i>species have gained popularity as edible fruit. They are also being utilized for their medicinal values and food. Moreover, these species also act as a larval host plants for butterflies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Threats:<\/b> Habitat modification causes a major threat to the survival of this species.<\/span><\/p>\n

Significance of this discovery:<\/b> This discovery not only re-emphasises the uniqueness and endemism in Western Ghats\u2019 flora, but also adds to the growing inventory of the region\u2019s flora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article \u201cNew gin berry species discovered in southern Western Ghats” <\/b>published in The Hindu <\/b>on 5th Mar 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India(BSI) have discovered a new gin berry species named \u201cGlycosmis albicarpa\u201d from the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.\u00a0 What is Glycosmis albicarpa? Glycosmis albicarpa is a gin berry species. It belongs to the Orange family, Rutaceae. Habitat: Endemic to the southern Western Ghats.\u00a0 Features:… Continue reading Glycosmis albicarpa: New gin berry species discovered in southern Western Ghats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-172360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701419643},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}