{"id":113134,"date":"2026-07-14T14:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113134"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:53:20","slug":"begonia-quadricornualata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/begonia-quadricornualata\/","title":{"rendered":"Begonia quadricornualata"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Begonia quadricornualata Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Botanists recently discovered a new plant species named Begonia quadricornualata in the remote forests of northeast India. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Begonia quadricornualata<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new plant species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the Papum Pare district of <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a region nestled at the <\/span><b>intersection <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Himalaya and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discovery occurred during a routine botanical documentation project in <\/span><b>Senki View, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located on the<\/span><b> eastern fringe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the<\/span><b> Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Begonia quadricornualata <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterised by its <\/span><b>four-horned fruit, upright stems <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and delicate <\/span><b>white-to-pink flowers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Derived from the Latin words quattuor (four), cornu (horn), and alatus (winged), the name <\/span><b>quadricornualata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refers to the <\/span><b>way four horns on the plant\u2019s ovary transform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into <\/span><b>four fully developed wings as the fruit matures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>unique fruit structure,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is densely <\/span><b>covered in reddish-brown wool,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps distinguish it from other hornless or ridged species in the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What sets it apart from its closest relatives is its distinctively <\/span><b>rugged appearance.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> female plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s are <\/span><b>covered in dense, long, red-to-brown &#8220;hispid&#8221; hairs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stiff bristles that give the leaves a woolly texture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also boasts exceptionally <\/span><b>long leaf stalks,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or petioles, which can reach up to 50 centimetres in length, nearly double the size of its nearest cousins, Begonia handelii and Begonia tessaricarpa.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While its relatives often grow flowers in clusters, the female version of this new species produces only a<\/span><b> single flower at a time.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For now, the species has been categorised as <\/span><b>&#8220;Data Deficient,&#8221; .<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/new-species-begonia-four-horned-fruit-discovered-arunachal-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begonia quadricornualata is a new plant species discovered in the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. 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