Karomia gigas explained

Karomia gigas is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where only small populations survive.^[1]

In 2016 Botanic Gardens Conservation International found six Karomia gigas trees in one location in Tanzania. They employed local Tanzanians to guard the trees and report if there were any seeds so that they could be cultivated in a Tanzanian botanical garden.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Two 'twice-extinct' trees rediscovered in coastal Tanzania. 2012-03-20. WWF. en. 2017-04-05.
2. Beech. E.. Rivers. M.. Oldfield. S.. Smith. P. P.. 2017-03-23. GlobalTreeSearch – the first complete global database of tree species and country distributions. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 36. 5. 454–489. 10.1080/10549811.2017.1310049. 89858214. 1054-9811.