Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says burning bush plants are popular because of their low maintenance requirements, but it ...

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.

The Plant Medic is written by Ricky Kemery, who retired as the extension educator for horticulture at the Allen County Purdue Extension Service. The column appears occasionally in The Journal Gazette.