Florenza

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Botanical Name: Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau
Family: Alismataceae 
Common Name: Yellow velvetleaf, sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce.

A rhizomatous hydrogeophyte, native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and southern China (Guangdong, Yunnan).

Traditionally this plant is an important vegetable in parts of Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Isan (Thailand) and parts of India, where the central flower stalk and the leaves are used in soups, curries, salads and stir-fries. The immature flower buds are also eaten. ( Source Wikipedia)

Ref. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:58404-1

Image: Dr. Manudev K.M.
Location: Kothamangalam, Kerala.
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In honor of her birth anniversary, we commemorate E. K. Janaki Ammal (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984), the pioneering Indian botanist.

Born in Thalassery, Kerala, she made history as the first Indian woman to earn a PhD in Botany. Renowned for her research in plant breeding, cytogenetics, and phytogeography, she conducted notable studies on sugarcane and eggplant.

Collaborating with C.D. Darlington, she co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants in 1945. Janaki Ammal's diverse interests extended to ethnobotany, focusing on medicinal and economically valuable plants in the rainforests of Kerala, India.

Her contributions were acknowledged with the Padma Shri in 1977, presented by the then Prime Minister of India.

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