{"id":17136,"date":"2025-08-05T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17136"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:01:51","slug":"sea-buckthorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sea-buckthorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Seabuckthorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Seabuckthorn Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeds of seabuckthorn and buckwheat grown in the cold desert of Ladakh are part of the experiments on board the International Space Station flown by NASA&#8217;s Crew-11 mission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Seabuckthorn<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is popularly known as the \u2018Wonder Plant\u2019, \u2018Ladakh Gold\u2019, \u2018Golden Bush\u2019, or \u2018Gold Mine\u2019 of cold deserts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is <\/span><b>a plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found <\/span><b>throughout Europe and Asia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, it is <\/span><b>found above the tree line in the Himalayan region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, generally in dry areas such as the <\/span><b>cold deserts of Ladakh and Spiti.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It produces <\/span><b>small orange or yellow-coloured berries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are sour in taste but rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shrub can <\/span><b>withstand extreme temperatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ranging from minus 43 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius and is considered drought-resistant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two characteristics make the shrub an ideal plant species to establish in cold deserts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sea Buckthorn berries have a unique characteristic of remaining intact on the shrub throughout the winter months despite the subzero temperature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Seabuckthorn<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been used <\/span><b>traditionally for a variety of purposes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every part of the plant\u2013fruit, leaf, twig, root, and thorns has been traditionally used as <\/span><b>medicine, nutritional supplement, fuel, and fence.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many bird species feed on the berries when other sources of food are limited in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leaves serve as protein-rich fodder for cold desert animals like sheep, goats, donkeys, cattle, and double-humped camels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/seeds-of-seabuckthorn-himalayan-buckwheat-part-of-experiment-on-iss\/article69889456.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seabuckthorn is popularly known as the \u2018Wonder Plant\u2019, \u2018Ladakh Gold\u2019, \u2018Golden Bush\u2019, or \u2018Gold Mine\u2019 of cold deserts. 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