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Janaki Ammal
c. 1938
Born(1897-11-04)4 November 1897
Tellicherry, Madras Presidency, British India
Died(1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 86)
Madras, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
AwardsPadma Shri 1977
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Cytology
InstitutionsMadras University, John Innes Centre
Thesis Chromosome Studies in Nicandra physaloides
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Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984) was an Indian botanist who worked on plant breeding, cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involved studies on sugarcane and the eggplant (brinjal). She also worked on the cytogenetics of a range of plants and co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants (1945) with C.D. Darlington. She took an interest in ethnobotany and plants of medicinal and economic value from the rain forests of Kerala, India. She was awarded Padma Shri in 1977.

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