Deepa Kozhisseri

Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, have been rediscovered in Uttara Kannada district.

Botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen forests of Uttara Kannada district in the Western Ghats.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, say the discovery is an indication that the primary forest still thrives there.

Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, rediscovered botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen forests of Uttara Kannada district in the Western Ghats. Researchers from Indian Institute of Science,

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