PUBLISHED: 17 Dec 2024 at 04: 42
The Department of Agriculture has approved Chomphu Prachin Plumeria, a floral variety found in the Khok Makok group in Prachin Buri, as Thailand’s third new native plant range, in accordance with the plant species protection law.
Theppharot tangerines from Samut Prakan and Thong Pramun Phrommani mary plums from Nakhon Nayok are the first two to get registered.
The body of Chomphu Prachin Plumeria is clean, green, point-shaped, and has oval petals in light pink to dark red with dazzling lines on them.
The department’s Plant Varieties Protection Office ( PVPO ) compared Chomphu Prachin to two other close varieties, Chonphu Bannakan and Charlotte Abbert, and determined that it was sufficiently distinguished to be regarded as a separate variety before approving the application for registering this frangipani variety.
The community now has the exclusive right to build the plant for bulk production for export or to simply buy its sprouts internally, according to the PVPO.
According to the PVPO, registration comes with the Chomphu Prachin variety’s preliminary 12-year alternative protection. Each registration brings another 10 times of security.
Other parties who wish to use the documented range for business reasons are required to sign an agreement with the group and earn about 60 % of the costs incurred as a result of their use of the plant.
To protect their personal plant types, different areas are also encouraged to apply for membership.