• Bees might be the most well-known pollinators, but researchers have found that common white-footed ants are the best pollinators of a rare evergreen tree in the southern Western Ghats.
• Syzygium occidentale is a small, wild jamun tree that grows mostly along the banks of the River Periyar in Kerala.
• It is categorised as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
• The survival of such a species is crucial, depending on the fruits it produces, which is only possible if pollinators fertilize its flowers first.

Source:TH