One wild banana, Musa sabuana belonging to the Sect. Musa is newly described from Panchavati and Ramakrishnapur Dam area in Andaman Islands, India. This extremely rare new species is found only in Middle and Little Andamans. Additional notes, IUCN status, Phenology and photographs are also provided.
Five Angiosperm species are being reported as new distributional records for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Cyanotis and Biophytum form new generic records for the eco-region. Brief description and photographs are provided for all the species.
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