A garlic specie is found in the highest mountain of Quang Ngai

Ca dam Garlic, a new specie has just been discovered by scientists and it is named after the highest mountain in Quang Ngai.

Ca dam garlic. Photo: VAST.

The new garlic species is scientifically named Aspidistra cadamensis N.S. Ly & Tillich, discovered at the highest mountain of Quang Ngai province.

According to Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), ca dam garlic is a perennial grass of 80 cm tall, non-branching. Their flower vases are small bell-shaped, white outside face or creamy white with purple blotches on the one third of the vase. The pistil head is conical, refined pistil diameter of 6-7 mm, three lobes hug tight.

The new flower species grows into populations under the broadleaf of broad-leaved forest in the mountains of Ca Dam, in the area of Tay Tra and Tra Bong districts (Quang Ngai), at altitudes from 800 m to over 1,000 m. This is endemic species of the flora in Vietnam.

The result of the study is the cooperation of the Institute of Tropical Biology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology), Ludwig-Maximilians University (Germany).