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Janaki Ammal Edathil Kakkat was an Indian botanist who conducted scientific research in cytogenetics and phytogeography.

Her most notable work involves those on sugarcane and the eggplant. She has collected various valuable plants of medicinal and economic value from the rain forests of Kerala.

Janaki Ammal was born in 1897 in Tellichery, Kerala.

Her father was Dewan Bahadur Edavalath Kakkat Krishnan, sub-judge of the Madras Presidency. Her mother, Devi (1864-1941) was an illegitimate daughter of John Child Hannyngton and Kunchi Kurumbi.

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She had six brothers and five sisters. In her family, girls were encouraged to engage in intellectual pursuits and in the fine arts, but Ammal chose to study botany. After