‘Manel’ (Nymphaea nouchali) The National Flower of Sri Lanka is ‘Manel’ (not ‘Nil-manel’), scientifically named as Nymphaea nouchali which is also referred to as Nymphaea stellata in some texts ...

The official picture of the National Flower Nil Manel or Blue Water Lily (Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f) is wrong, says a botanist and professor of the University of Peradeniya in a stunning disclosure.

Planting of the Cape water lily (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea) by Mayor Geordin-Hill Lewis, Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews, and the City’s biodiversity branch, took place at the Rondevlei section ...

Here, we report that Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. (a cultivar of var. cernua), a large aquatic member of the family Nymphaeaceae, indulges in a primitive form of insectivory and represents the ...