{"id":117999,"date":"2026-08-08T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117999"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:28:52","slug":"begonia-neelamorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/begonia-neelamorum\/","title":{"rendered":"Begonia neelamorum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Begonia neelamorum Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently discovered a new begonia species named Begonia neelamorum\u00a0 in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Begonia neelamorum<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>perennial flowering plant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the genus Begonia in the family Begoniaceae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the Keyi Panyor district of <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species was found growing on <\/span><b>steep, moist rock walls along the Keyi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at an elevation of about 1,000 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was after the<\/span><b> Neelam clan of the Nyishi tribe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers also recorded its <\/span><b>Nyishi name, Kobiirhopu Baabra,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> linking the scientific discovery to the community closest to its habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant grows between 10 cm and 20 cm tall and has a <\/span><b>single light-green, serrated leaf and white flowers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/arunachal-begonia-discovery-honours-nyishi-tribes-neelam-clan\/articleshow\/133037881.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begonia neelamorum is a new species of perennial flowering plant. Read more about Begonia neelamorum, Discovery, Distribution, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":118021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9391],"class_list":["post-117999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-begonia-neelamorum","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118047,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117999\/revisions\/118047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}