Scientists Discovered a Plant in Brazil that Sows its Own Seeds

Sep 19, 2011, 17:20 IST

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. A team of Scientist discovered a tiny plant which they say bows down and sows its own seeds

A team of Scientists from Rutgers University in Brazil discovered a tiny plant which they say bows down and sows its own seeds. The plant has pink and white flowers. Scientists found the plant in rural northeastern Bahia, Brazil, one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas. The discovery was reported in Live Science.


When the plant's fruits form, the plant slowly bends its small, fruiting branches down, depositing the seed capsules carefully onto the ground. The plant sometimes buries them in the soft cover of moss. The team of scientists named the new species Spigelia genuflexa, because of the plant’s dexterity.

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