Mitrephora rashmiae

Mitrephora rashmiae Latest News

Researchers from Mumbai’s Thackeray Wildlife Foundation recently discovered a new flowering tree species named Mitrephora rashmiae in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district.

About Mitrephora rashmiae

• It is a new species of flowering tree species.
• It was discovered in the remote forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district. 
• It belongs to the custard apple family. 
• It is the only second species of the Mitrephora genus ever recorded from the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot. 
• It is also the first known species in the genus to bear both male and bisexual flowers on the same tree, making it unique from a scientific perspective. 
• Mitrephora rashmiae can be identified by its pale-yellow flowers marked with purple stripes and a unique dome-shaped floral structure formed by the inner petals. 
• It is currently known from a single tree in the wild. Only one seven-metre-tall tree has been located, growing beside a stream in a degraded forest patch.  
• As no additional specimens have been found, scientists have classified the species as “Data Deficient”

News: MD

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