| | ANTARA News :: New records of pandanaceae found in Yapen island, Papua |
 | | Eventhough the exploration is designed to identify the potentials of local food crops such as sago, tubers and bananas, the team also discovered 14 taxa from the Pandan family (Pandanaceae). |
 | | "We were surprised to see the diversity of Pandanaceae in Yapen," Dr Y. Purwanto, a researcher from Herbarium LIPI who discovered these new records, said here on Thursday. |
 | | Finding other 14 taxa of Pandan in Yapen Island opens the opportunity for further research work and development of food, fruit and medicinal resources to support food security of the community in Papua and also the development of agriculture, pharmaceutical and other industries in Indonesia. |
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