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

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

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 had been lost. The species’ unlikely […]