{"id":85881,"date":"2026-02-04T15:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=85881"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:49:15","slug":"pakhal-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pakhal-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have identified a new species of flowering plant in Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary and named it as Dicliptera pakhalica.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Warangal district of<\/span><b> Telangana.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>m<\/b><b>ixed deciduous forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary houses the <\/span><b>Pakhal Lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was excavated on the orders of <\/span><b>King Ganapati Deva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Kakatiya empire in 1213 AD.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It consists of bamboo, teak, and diverse flora, including Terminalia, Pterocarpus, and Mohua.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also consists of various kinds of herbs, shrubs and climbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leopard, wild boar, panthers, hyenas, sloth bear, chital, mountain gazelle, blackbuck etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Dicliptera pakhalica<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>flowering plant species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belongs to the <\/span><b>Acanthaceae family<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The plant was found growing <\/span><b>along stream banks and rocky areas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flowers between November and January, with fruiting extending from December to March.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species occurs in association with other native plants such as Tarenna asiatica, Eranthemum purpurascens, Ruellia prostrata and Mallotus philippensis, among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/amp\/story\/states\/telangana\/2026\/Feb\/03\/new-flowering-plant-species-discovered-in-pakhal-wildlife-sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New India Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Warangal district of Telangana. 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