Leonardo DiCaprio has an Oscar, a BAFTA, three Golden Globes -- and now -- a tree.
But his latest accolade comes from a group of international scientists at London's Royal Botanic Kew Gardens and the National Herbarium of Cameroon, who have honored the Hollywood actor and environmental activist by naming a new tropical tree species after him. The uvariopsis dicaprio comes from the Ebo Forest, Cameroon, according to a press statement announcing the tropical tree, which is the first addition to the 2022 new species list at RBG Kew.
"Cameroon's Ebo Forest, and all of the incredible animals that live there, are in trouble. This includes Forest Elephants, Gorillas, Chimpanzees, and so many others. Let's help #SaveEboForest," he said in a post published to his verified Twitter account in August 2020. One month later, the Cameroonian government revoked the logging concession.
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