Guwahati, July 4 -- A new tree species belonging to the Garcinia genus has been discovered in Assam, adding to the region's botanical richness.

The newly identified species, Garcinia kusumae, has been named in honour of Kusum Devi, the late mother of Jatindra Sarma, a noted botanist and Chairman of Assam's State Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

The discovery has been detailed in the latest issue of Feddes Repertorium, a peer-reviewed journal focused on plant taxonomy and geobotany. The study is co-authored by Hussain A Barbhuiya from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai.

This marks the fourth time Sarma has named a plant species after a member of his immediate family. Previ...