Researchers identify new tuber species from Western Ghats in Kerala’s Wayanad district

The newly identified species has been named Dioscorea balakrishnanii after V. Balakrishnan, environmentalist and current secretary of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board

​The newly identified species has been named Dioscorea balakrishnanii after V. Balakrishnan, environmentalist and current secretary of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board