Accordingly, in 2015, the correct picture of the national flower was published. But in 2015, the Ministry of Environment published a photograph of the correct flower, while declaring the Sinhala name ...

by ACB Pethiyagoda. 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 ...