"Newly Discovered Subterranean Flowering Plant in Borneo"

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"Newly Discovered Subterranean Flowering Plant in Borneo"
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recently named Pinanga subterranea, a palm that flowers underground, as a new discovery, although it has long been known to local Indigenous people in Borneo. This rare plant was found abundantly on the island, and its "discovery" serves as an example of conventional science catching up with Indigenous knowledge.

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