{"id":122791,"date":"2026-09-04T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=122791"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:19:02","slug":"ophiorrhiza-assamensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ophiorrhiza-assamensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ophiorrhiza assamensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ophiorrhiza assamensis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Botanists recently discovered a new plant species, Ophiorrhiza assamensis, near Guwahati, Assam. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ophiorrhiza assamensis<\/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>flowering plant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found growing in a <\/span><b>moist, shaded patch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of habitat near Guwahati, <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>perennial herb<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>large, ribbed leaves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>clusters of small white flowers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>genus Ophiorrhiza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which sits in the <\/span><b>Rubiaceae family, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the s<\/span><b>ame family that gives us coffee.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Ophiorrhiza genus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known as a natural<\/span><b> source of camptothecin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b> compound used <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>development of medicines for cancers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including colon cancer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently known only from a highly localised population, making it vulnerable to deforestation and development-related changes in its habitat.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the species\u2019 total population remains unknown, the researchers classified it as \u2018<\/span><b>Data Deficient\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the IUCN criteria.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/science\/new-flowering-plant-found-in-india-s-assam-turns-out-to-carry-cancer-fighting-compound-1788345966611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>WION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ophiorrhiza assamensis is a new species of flowering plant. 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