Medicinal plant rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh
an endangered medicinal plant has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh after about a century. Scientists of the Botanical Survey of India came upon the Begonia tessaricarpa in the Ligu village of Upper Subansiri district while cataloguing the flora of the district.
"The leaves of this plant are used by the Tagin and the Adi tribes of this district as a cure for dehydration and stomach disorder. The juice of Rebe, as the plant is locally called, is used as leech guard,' said Kumar Ambrish, a scientist. The find was reported in the October 25 issue of Current Science (Vol 91, No 8).
The scientists found the plants at an altitude of 600 m in a forest with moist conditions and temperature of around 25