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‘Rafflesia’ or ‘padma’? Debate renewed in Indonesia over flower renaming
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Rafflesia was named after the Bencoolen lieutenant-governor Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
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JAKARTA - In November, people on social media rejoiced for a few weeks following the rediscovery of a rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flower in West Sumatra.
However, the rediscovery was met by renewed debate among researchers and public alike about academic colonialism.
