Sunakhari is used as food and medicine. As its flowers look attractive, it adds beauty to nature.
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224 species of orchids have been recorded in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) area. Out of these, 182 species of Sunakhari have been identified in the area of Bhujung (Lamjung) Area Conservation Office.
ACAP has recorded 223 species of goldfish found during the study exploration last year (year 2024), and this year one more new species of goldfish has been found. With this, the number of goldfish species identified in the ACAP area has reached 224, according to ACAP head office Pokhara.
Recently, in 2025, ACAP reported that sunakhari (scientific name Bulbophyllum bicetum) was found in Bhujung (Lamjung) area of ACAP.
According to Pramodaraj Regmi, Head of Office (Conservation Officer) of ACAP Area Conservation Office, Bhujung, a new species of Sunakhari was found during the research conducted by Senior Natural Resource Conservation Assistant Vasudev Neupane and Natural Resource Conservation Assistant Vigyan Ji. He said that a new species of goldfish was found in a forest tree at an altitude of about 1,950 meters. The area where Sunakhari was found is around Dhungakhani, border area of Kholasothar Rural Municipality 4, 6 and 8. This place is on the road from Tamu to Nghriyoje.
According to Senior Natural Resources Conservation Assistant Neupane, although this is not new for Nepal, it is new for the Sunagabha Annapurna Conservation Area. Botanist Dr. After being identified by Praveen Bhandari, ACAP announced the discovery of a new species of golden eagle in the Annapurna conservation area on Facebook just a few weeks ago.
ACAP head office Pokhara published the book 'Sunakharis of Annapurna Conservation Area' in both Nepali and English languages last year, including 223 species of goldfinches found in the Annapurna Conservation Area.
ACAP is updating the biological diversity of Annapurna according to the research conducted by a team of 6 people under the leadership of Babulal Tiruwa, senior conservation officer of ACAP. He said that Sunakhari is currently being searched for in Upper Manang and Upper Mustang. The process of meeting new Sunakhari continues. New species of goldfish can still be found," he said.
Annapurna conservation area covering 87 wards of 15 local levels of Kaski, Lamjung, Manang, Myagdi and Mustang is spread over 7,629 square kilometers. ACAP is the first and largest protected area of Nepal, which started from Ghandruk in 1986 (year 2043). ACAP said that it has explored the discovery of Sunakhari in areas ranging from 800 meters to 4,500 meters in altitude.
Sunakhari belongs to the species of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ACAP officials say that various studies have shown that there are more than 500 species of goldfish in Nepal. It grows on the ground (ground), big stones with frozen soil, decayed trees, and leaves. Sunakhari, which is a beneficial plant, blooms from April to August. Neupane, a senior natural resources conservation assistant, said that the new species of sunakhari, which was identified in Bhujung area, will bloom in August.
Sunakhari is used as food and medicine. As its flowers look attractive, it adds beauty to nature. Sunakhari is a listed plant in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It has been included in schedule 1 and 2, considering it as an endangered plant worldwide. Since 2073, the government of Nepal has not given permission to collect and export orchids. Related experts say that due to their medicinal properties, some species of sunakhari are being smuggled illegally. Experts say that all parties concerned should pay attention to the protection of goldfish found from the mountains to the Terai.
