Answer: Palm species
Notes: Recently, researchers discovered a new palm species named Phoenix roxburghii. It is named after William Roxburgh, known as the father of Indian Botany. The species grows between 12 to 16 metres tall. It is similar to Phoenix sylvestris, but has a taller solitary trunk, larger leaves and leaflets, musty-scented staminate flowers and bigger obovoid orange-yellow fruits. Its distribution is recorded along India’s eastern coast, in Bangladesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Pakistan. The discovery highlights the rich plant diversity of the region.
