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The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department believes it has found a new species of bamboo in the Maredumilli ranges of East Godavari district. The species is yet to be given a botanical name, while local tribes call it kampa veduru. Morphological studies and molecular characterisation (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis) confirmed it was a new species.
The work on the bamboo has been going on for five years, since the time scientists from the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, visited Maredumilli. Dr. H.C. Naithani, a bamboo specialist, felt it was a new species. To validate the findings, samples were sent to the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) for DNA barcoding.
Bamboos in the Eastern Ghats include Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa bambos (giant Indian bamboo, and Dendrocalamus hamiltonii. The research studies were done in Palakonda range (Srikakulam forest division), Rampachodavaram (Kakinada), Lakkavaram (Chintur), Turimella (Giddaluru) and Chamala range (Tirupati).
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