{"id":6724,"date":"2022-01-07T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/kew-scientists-name-new-tree-after-leonardo-dicaprio"},"modified":"2022-01-07T15:26:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:26:15","slug":"kew-scientists-name-new-tree-after-leonardo-dicaprio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/kew-scientists-name-new-tree-after-leonardo-dicaprio","title":{"rendered":"Kew scientists name new tree after Leonardo DiCaprio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>A tree that is new to science has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, say they wanted to honour the star for his help in saving a rainforest from logging.<\/p>\n<p>The tree, which has been given the official name, Uvariopsis dicaprio, grows only in the Cameroon forest known for its incredible biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think he was crucial in helping to stop the logging of the Ebo Forest,\u201d said Dr Martin Cheek of Kew.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists and conservationists were horrified when they heard of plans to allow vast swathes of the Ebo Forest to be opened up for logging.<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest relatively untouched rainforests in Central Africa, it is home to the Banen people and an array of unique flora and fauna, including threatened gorillas, chimps and forest elephants.<\/p>\n<p>International experts wrote a letter to the government documenting the precious animal and plant species at risk of extinction. The issue was picked up by DiCaprio, whose social media posts to his millions of followers added momentum to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The government later revoked plans to allow logging, although the forest has yet to be officially designated a national park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could just be a stay of execution,\u201d Dr Cheek added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cdicaprio\u201d tree is the first plant new to science to be officially named by Kew scientists in 2022, through publication in the scientific journal, PeerJ.<\/p>\n<p>The small tropical evergreen tree has glossy yellow flowers that grow from its trunk. A member of the ylang ylang family, it<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. A tree that is new to science has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio. Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, say they wanted to honour the star for his help in saving a rainforest from logging. 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