The pretty little Nil Manel is in the eye of the storm once again. A controversy is swirling around both the Nil Manel which is the declared National Flower and an imposter hybrid cousin due to both ...

Deepthi Yakandawala, Professor in Botany, Department of Botany, Peradeniya Faculty of Science which clearly indicates that the picture being propagated as that of Nil Manel is incorrect. The beautiful ...