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A garlic specie is found in the highest mountain of Quang Ngai
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Ca dam Garlic, a new specie has just been discovered by scientists and it is named after the highest mountain in Quang Ngai.
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Ca dam garlic. Photo: VAST.
The new garlic species is scientifically named Aspidistra cadamensis N.S. Ly & Tillich, discovered at the highest mountain of Quang Ngai province.
According to Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), ca dam garlic is a perennial grass of 80 cm tall, non-branching. Their flower vases are small bell-shaped, white outside face or creamy white with purple blotches on the one third of the vase. The pistil head is conical, refined pistil diameter of 6-7 mm, three lobes hug tight.
The new flower species grows into populations under the broadleaf of broad-leaved forest in the mountains of Ca Dam, in the area of Tay Tra and Tra Bong districts (Quang Ngai), at altitudes from 800 m to over 1,000 m. This is endemic species of the flora in Vietnam.
Flower of Aspidistra cadamensis N.S. Lý & Tillich . Photo: VAST.
The result of the study is the cooperation of the Institute of Tropical Biology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology), Ludwig-Maximilians University (Germany).
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Kim Xuyen
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