Endangered plant species found on Yunnan-Myanmar border

KUNMING - Chinese scientists have discovered a new endangered species of flowering plant from the Annonaceae family.

Polyalthia yingjiangensis, known in Chinese as Yingjiang An Luo, has been named after the place it was discovered: Yingjiang county in Yunnan province.

It belongs to the same botanical family as the custard apple and ylang-ylang, a tree whose fragrant green-yellow flowers are used to distill perfume.