The curious case of the Sri Lankan national flower that wasn’t

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2022, 2:44 pm282 pts
COLOMBO — As a school student in Sri Lanka in 1986, Deepthi Yakandawala sent a greeting card to the country’s president, J.R. Jayewardene, for Vesak, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar. Presidents past and present have occasionally responded in kind, and in Deepthi’s case, she received a card back…

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