Leonardo DiCaprio is the name of the tree, the reason is that it makes him move

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England named a newly discovered tree species in the Cameroonian jungle after Leonardo DiCaprio, the main character in the film Titanic. The tree, officially named Uvariopsis dicaprio, only grows in the forests of Cameroon which are known for their extraordinary biodiversity .

The name is given because scientists want to pay homage to the Hollywood star for his help in saving the rainforest from logging.

"We think he is very important in helping to stop the clearance of the Ebo Forest," said Dr Martin Cheek of Kew. Scientists and conservationists were horrified when they heard of local government plans to allow large parts of the Ebo Forest to be cleared for logging. Though one of the largest relatively untouched rainforests in Central Africa, it is home to the Banen people and a unique range of flora and fauna, including the endangered gorillas, chimpanzees and forest elephants.

International experts are writing to governments to document valuable animal and plant species that are threatened with extinction. This issue was raised by DiCaprio, whose social media posts to his millions of followers added to the campaign's momentum. The government later withdrew plans to allow logging, even though the forest had not yet been officially designated a national park. The "dicaprio" tree is the first new plant to be officially named by Kew scientists in 2022, through publication in the scientific journal, PeerJ.A small tropical evergreen tree has shiny yellow flowers growing from its trunk.

more than 200 plants and fungi from around the world are officially named by the Kew scientists and their collaborators. These include the insect-trapping wild tobacco plants in Australia and the star-like orchids in Madagascar that can grow in the dark. Of the 16 new orchid species discovered in Madagascar, three are thought to be extinct in the wild due to habitat destruction. One has disappeared because forests were cut down to grow crops for the geranium oil used in the aromatherapy industry in Europe.

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