Sapria Himalayana Griffith is an endoparasitic, rare, and endangered plant that was found by a team of Bengaluru, Karnataka, researchers in the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS) in the Singchung subdivision of the West Kameng district. With the help of devoted employees Dibi Soma Monpa and Karma Wangdi Monpa from the EWS, the team from the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru—which included Anisha Mandal, Aman Bishwakarma, Kabir Pradhan, and Rohit Rai—made the finding.
The eastern Himalayan region is renowned for its amazing and widespread floral and faunal biodiversity, which includes numerous rare plant species. Sapria Himalayana Griffith was the first of them to be discovered in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh in 1836. The report claims that Sapria Himalayana’s range in the EWS has increased as a result of this discovery. Additionally, it showed that roughly 21 flowers—including withered flowers—were scattered throughout the forest floor, indicating a variety of developmental stages from buds to bloom maturation. Its irregular and sporadic blossoming patterns are one of the main obstacles to carrying out in-depth research on the fascinating Himalayan sapria.
