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Orangutan Heals Wound With Medicinal Plant in Rare Discovery

A wild Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed in Indonesia’s Gunung Leuser National Park treating a fresh facial wound with the medicinal plant Fibraurea tinctoria. He chewed the leaves to extract their anti-inflammatory and antibacterial juice, applied it directly to the injury, and healed without infection within weeks. This is the first documented case of […]