Artificial intelligence has been enlisted to search for a female partner for the only known, male, plant from the E.woodii species that is thought to be extinct in the wild
And if the hunt for a female in the forest does not succeed, the researchers are also exploring the potential to change the plant’s sex so it can reproduce naturally. But all propagated samples are male clones, and so cannot naturally reproduce, and the Ngoye Forest has never been fully explored to find out if a female could exist, the team behind the project said.
Dr Cinti said: “This plant is, as far as we know, extinct in the wild. I was very inspired by the story of the E.woodii – it mirrors a classic tale of unrequited love.“It would be amazing to bring this plant so close to extinction back through natural reproduction.”
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