Savitribai Phule

Nagpur: In a discovery that bridges science, biodiversity conservation, and social history, Indian botanists have identified a previously unknown species of flowering plant from forests of Nagpur and named it in honour of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule, India’s first woman teacher and one of India’s most influential social reformers. The newly discovered species, Crotalaria Phulei, was…