Symplocos elegans

An endemic shrub or treelet grows in montane forests from 1000 to 1900 m elevations.

Taxillus incanus

An indigenous semi-parasitic shrub growing on branches of trees. Common in the wet zone up to about 2100 m elevations. Flowering probably all the year round. 

Acilepis setigera (Syn: Vernonia setigera)

An indigenous shrub common in jungle paths and montane forests from 1500 - 1800 m elevations. Flowering from December to June.

මයිලගොයා (Columba torringtoniae)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේනික දුර්ලභ පක්ෂියෙකු වන මයිලගොයා කඳුකරයේ  වනාන්තර වල සහ මනාව ගස් කොළන් සහිත ප්‍රදේශ වල දැකිය හැක. තවද පහත රට වැසි වනාන්තර ප්‍රදේශ වලද විශේෂයෙන් පළතුරු සුලභ කාල වලදී ඇතැම්විට දැකිය හැක. ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් පළතුරු ආහාරයට ගන්නා මයිලාගොයා තනිව, ජෝඩු වශයෙන් හෝ කුඩා රංචු වශයෙන් හමුවේ. වසරේ පෙබරවාරි සිට මැයි දක්වාත් නැවත අගෝස්තු සිට ඔක්තෝබර් දක්වාත් අභිජනනය කරන මයිලගොයින් වනාන්තර උඩු වියනේ ගසක අත්තක් මත කෝටු කැබලි එක් රැස් කර සාදන කූඩුවක සුදු පැහැති එක් බිත්තරයක් පමණක් දමයි. මෙරටදී පමණක්ම දැකිය හැකි මයිලගොයා කඳුකර වනාන්තර හෙලි පෙහෙලි කිරීම වැනි උපද්‍රව හේතුවෙන් තර්ජනයට ලක්වූ පක්ෂියෙකු ලෙස සලකයි.
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Sambars of Mahaeliya

Piper zeylanicum

An endemic terrestrial or epiphytic climber common in moist primary and secondary forests between 1300 and 2400 m elevations. Rarely descending to about 700 m in Ratnapura district.

Thyme leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

An introduced herb native to Eurasia. Common in the lawns, roadsides, cultivated grounds and rocky hill tops in the upper hill country above 1800 m a.s.l.

නර බූත[Nara Bute]/False Blackberry/Oval leaved Bramble (Rubus ellipticus)

An indigenous sub-erect or scrambling shrub of jungle clearings, edges of forests and roadsides of  montane regions above 1000 m a.s.l. Flowering all the year round.

Barberry (Berberis ceylanica)

An endemic shrub occurs in montane forests and forest borders up to about 2200 m a.s.l.

Striped rush leaf/Spreading blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium micranthum [Syn: Sisyrinchium iridifolium])

An introduced herb native to Tropical America. Escaped and naturalized among grasses along roadsides and open places in the montaze zone.  Flowers open around 10 AM and close late afternoon. Flowering intermittently throughout the year. 

Coelogyne odoratissima

Rather common native epiphyte grows on trees of montane forests above 1800 m elevations. 

ගොරකා/රත් ගොරකා [Goraka/Rat Goraka](Garcinia quaesita)

An endemic tree occurs in wet lowlands and intermediate zone up to about 1000 m a.s.l. The fruits are broken into segments and dried in the sun or over a fire to used for making curries. Often cultivated in home gardens. 

Podochilus falcatus

An endemic tufted epiphyte on trunks of trees and on rocks in mid country to sub montane forests from 610 to 1829 m elevations.

Sonerila glaberrima

Rather rare endemic herb of montane zone.

Sonerila affinis

Rather common endemic herb of montane forests.

Five bar Swordtail

Strobilanthes habracanthoides

An endemic and rare undershrub grows by the streams in moist south western hill forests from 650 to 1300 m elevations.

Hypericum japonicum

An indigenous herb of wet places among grass in open areas, along ditches and faddy fields. Common in the montane zone. 

Micrococca oligandra

An indigenous shrub of hill country forests of the moist regions from 600 to 1500 m elevations. 

ගස් දූල් [Gas dul]/Wild rhea (Debregeasia longifolia)

 Common native shrub or small tree of wet montane forests from 750 to 1500 m elevations. Flowering and fruiting from October to February.

Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa

An indigenous perennial herb grows along roadsides, open places and cultivated lands in the montane and upper montane areas. Flowering throughout the year.  

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

An indigenous very common weed of cultivation and roadsides at mid elevations. Flowering from September to June.

Wax begonia/Free flowering begonia(Begonia cucullata)

An introduced herb native to Tropical America (Brazil to Uruguay) Very common in central hills along roadsides and in tea plantations.

Quick weed (Galinsoga parviflora)

An introduced herb native to tropical South America. A common weed in cultivated grounds and wastelands. Flowering throughout the year.

Oberonia longibracteata

Rather rare native tufted epiphyte found on trees in the sub-montane or mid-country tropical wet evergreen forests at about 1981 m a.s.l.