Extinct-in-the-wild plant rediscovered in Sri Lanka thanks to social media

Mongabay
Sep 23, 2025, 2:41 pm129 ptsTrending
In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as pini-beraliya, the species lingered only as a single cultivated specimen in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya. For years, that lone tree stood as a melancholy reminder of what…

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