Hanoi, March 22 -- Scientists from the Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have discovered three new plant species in the Nui Chua National Park in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan. The newly discovered species are shrub-like smaller trees with floriferous branchlets called Sam cuong dai (Memecylon longipedunculatum), Diep ha chau Nui Chua (Nymphanthus adenophorus) and Long muc Nui Chua (Wrightia nuichuaensis). Their discovery was officially published in Phytotaxa, a leading international journal on plant taxonomy and biodiversity, on January 19, 2025. This breakthrough is part of a collaborative research initiative between the ITB, the Kagoshima University Museum of the Kagosh...