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 ...

The Na tree (Mesua Nagassarium) and the Nil Manel flower (Nypheae stellata) have recently (this article was written in 1986) been elevated to unique positions as Sri Lanka’s National Tree and National ...