Critically endangered acquatic plant - kanthanga

Q.  ‘Kanthanga’ is
- Published on 02 Aug 16

a. A tribe
b. Animal
c. Folk Art
d. Plant

ANSWER: Plant
 
  • Scientists at the Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Kozhikode, have taken up a mission to save an endangered aquatic plant facing extinction in its only known natural habitat in Periya village, Kasaragod.
  • The plant, Crinum malabaricum and known locally as Kanthanga, is restricted to a population of approximately 1,000 along the shaded stretch of a seasonal stream running through the Periya village.
  • The IUCN Red List of Species has classified C. malabaricum as critically endangered. According to IUCN, the trees lining the stream were being cut down for farming and access, pushing the aquatic plant to the verge of extinction.
  • Endowed with large, flat, strap-shaped leaves, C. malabaricum resembles a water lily.

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