Ayurvedic therapeutic plant rediscovered in Arunachal's forest - Times of India
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ITANAGAR: Botanists have recently rediscovered the smilax turbans, a long-lost plant species akin to a well known an Ayurvedic therapeutic plant in the pristine forests of Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh , 500 km away from where it was last collected 95 years ago. The plant, an endemic species of Arunachal Pradesh, is a wild counterpart of Chopchini , also known as smilux china well known Ayurvedic therapeutic plant, according to a report in the website of the department of science and technology. It was last collected in 1928 by F Kingdon-Ward and the researchers presented detailed description, illustrations, microscopic images, distribution, phenology, field and comparisions with closely related species after the rediscovery to facilitate its identification and eventual conservation. The feat came during recent exploratory endeavours aimed at locating it the wild relative of Chopchini (smilux china) in the country. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary , a leading scienti