A researcher from Jain (Deemed-to-be-University) has identified and documented a previously unknown plant Genus in Karnataka.
G. Ramachandra Rao, associate professor at the Centre for Urban Ecology, Biodiversity has identified and documented Hunteria which was earlier known to be found in the southern western ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Hunteria, is a genus of Apocynaceae family commonly known as the dogbane family. Dr. Rao found two Hunteria trees in the evergreen forest area of Doddamane Ghat in Uttara Kannada district.
