Missouri Botanical Garden There are fewer than two dozen Karomia gigas trees known to exist in the wild, at two sites in Eastern Tanzania.
Researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden have been waiting almost three years for the Karomia gigas tree, a species that s dangerously near extinction, to flower and bloom.
On May 3, Missouri Botanical Garden senior horticulturist Justin Lee was watering the plants in the garden’s greenhouse, per his usual routine. But this time, there was a long-anticipated visitor making its debut. For nearly three years,
That’s because the species is alarmingly close to extinction only about 25 known trees remain in existence. Missouri Botanical Garden researchers in Tanzania have focused their efforts on preserving what’s left of the species. Of the thousands of seeds sent back to the garden in 2018, only a handful turned out to be viable.
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