In 1986, Sri Lanka named a native blue water lily, known locally as nil manel, as its national flower, but a mistake in the official declaration meant an introduced species, violet in color and ...

J. & J.de Vlas [Illustrated field guide to the flowers of Sri Lanka (2008)] has given the scientific name, Nymphaea nouchali variety caerulea, to the Blue water lily (‘Nil manel’) that occurs in Sri ...

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has instructed the Ministry of Environment to make the public aware of the national flower of Sri ... Lanka is still identified as the Blue Water Lily ...

We all know about Sri Lanka's National Bird – the Sri Lankan Junglefowl (wali kukula), National Tree – Ironwood (na tree) and National Flower – the Blue Water lily (nil manel). Add one more to that ...

Supported by By Jess McHugh Photographs and Video by George Steinmetz A closer look at lotuses in Sri Lanka, amaranths in ... 1341-23 B.C.), were buried with blue waterlilies.