Rubiaceae (193)

	Scientific name		Common Names	NCS		Comment
Indigenous Species
1	Acranthera ceylanica Arn. ex Meissner			LC
2	Aidia gardneri (Thw.) Tirv.	සේරු		VU
3	Anthocephalus chinensis (Lam.) A. Rich. ex Walp.	ඇඹුල් බක්මී/එළ බක්මී/ කළඹ/නවත		NT
4	Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirv.	පුදන්		LC
5	Byrsophyllum ellipticum (Thw.) Hook. f.			VU
6	Canthium campanulatum Thw.	කළු දියපර/කළු ගොඩපර		NT
7	Canthium coromandelicum (Burm. f.) Alston	කර		LC
8	Canthium macrocarpum Thw.			CR(PE)
9	Canthium puberulum Thw. ex Hook. f.			NT
10	Canthium rheedei DC.			NT
11	Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng.	කුකුරුමාන්/Spiny randia/Emetic-nut/False guava		LC
12	Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirv.	පිට මදු		EN
13	Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thw.			LC
14	Dentella repens J.R. & G. Forst.	Creeping Lickstoop		LC
15	Dichilanthe zeylanica Thw.	ඇම්බැරැල්ලා		VU
16	Diplospora erythrospora (Thw.) Hook. f.			VU
17	Discospermum sphaerocarpum Dalz. ex Hook. f.			LC
18	Diyaminauclea zeylanica (Hook. f.) Ridsd.	දිය මී		EN
19	Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum.	ගැට කොළ		VU	Exallage auricularia (L.) Bremek. is a synonym
20	Fergusonia zeylanica Hook.f.			CR(PE)	Fergusonia tetracocca (Thw.) Baill. is a synonym
21	Gaertnera divaricata (Thw.)Thw.			VU
22	Gaertnera x gardneri Thw.			CR(PE)	Hybrid between G. walkeri and G. ternifolia
23	Gaertnera rosea Thw. ex Benth.			LC
24	Gaertnera ternifolia Thw.			VU
25	Gaertnera vaginans (DC.) Merr.	පේර තඹල		LC
26	Gaertnera walkeri (Arn.) Blume			NT
27	Galium asperifolium Wall.			VU
28	Gardenia crameri Tirv.			VU
29	Gardenia fosbergii Tirv.			VU
30	Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst.	අගු කර්ණි		VU	Geophila repens var asiatica (Cham. & Schlecht.) Fosberg is a synonym
31	Guettarda speciosa L.	නිල් පිච්ච		VU
32	Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsd.	කොළොන්		LC
33	Hedyotis cinereoviridis Thw.			CR(PE)
34	Hedyotis coprosmoides Trimen			VU
35	Hedyotis cyanantha Kurz			NT
36	Hedyotis cyanescens Thw.			CR(PE)
37	Hedyotis dendroides Alston			NT
38	Hedyotis evenia Thw.			CR(PE)
39	Hedyotis flavescens Thw.			NT
40	Hedyotis fruticosa L.	වැරණිය		LC
41	Hedyotis fumata Alston			VU
42	Hedyotis gardneri Thw.			CR
43	Hedyotis gartmorensis Ridsd.			CR
44	Hedyotis inamoena Thw.			EN
45	Hedyotis lessertiana Arn.			LC	Hedyotis marginata (Thw. ex Trimen) Alston is a synonym of Hedyotis lessertiana var. marginata Thwaites ex Trimen
46	Hedyotis macraei Hook. f.			DD
47	Hedyotis membranacea Thw.			VU	Hedyotis thwaitesii Hook.f. is a synonym
48	Hedyotis neesiana Arn.			VU
49	Hedyotis neolessertiana Ridsd.			EN
50	Hedyotis nodulosa Arn.			VU
51	Hedyotis obscura Thw.			VU
52	Hedyotis quinquinervis Thwaites			CR(PE)
53	Hedyotis rhinophylla Thw. ex Trimen			EN
54	Hedyotis srilankensis Deb & Dutta			EN
55	Hedyotis subverticillata Alston			EN
56	Hedyotis trichoneura Alston			EN
57	Hedyotis tridentata Ridsd.			EN
58	Hedyotis trimenii var. trimenii Deb & Dutta			LC
59	Hydrophylax maritima L. f.	මුහුදු ගැට කොළ		LC
60	Ixora calycina Thw.			VU
62	Ixora coccinea L.	රතඹලා/රත් මල්/Jungle Flame		LC
63	Ixora jucunda Thw.	ගොඩ රතඹලා		LC
64	Ixora pavetta Andr.	මහ රතඹලා/Torch Tree		LC
65	Ixora thwaitesii Hook. f.			NT
66	Knoxia platycarpa Arn.			LC	Knoxia hirsuta Arn. is a synonym of Knoxia platycarpa var. hirsuta (Arn.) Thwaites
67	Knoxia spicata (Thw. ex Trimen) Ridsd.			NT
68	Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.			NT
69	Knoxia zeylanica L.			NT
70	Lasianthus chrysocaulis Ridsd.			VU
71	Lasianthus foetulentus Ridsd.			VU
72	Lasianthus gardneri (Thw.) Hook.f.			EN
73	Lasianthus moonii Wight			LC
74	Lasianthus neolanceolatus Ridsd.			VU
75	Lasianthus obliquus (Thw.) Thw.			LC
76	Lasianthus oliganthus (Thw.) Thw.			LC
77	Lasianthus rhizophyllus (Thw.) Thw.			CR
78	Lasianthus strigosus Wight			LC	Lasianthus protractus (Thw.) Thw. is a synonym
79	Lasianthus thwaitesii Hook.f.			CR(PE)
80	Lasianthus varians (Thw.) Thw.			EN
81	Leucocodon reticulatum Gardner			EN
82	Metabolus decipiens (Thw.) Ridsd.			LC
83	Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.			LC	Mitragyna parvifolia var parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. is a synonym
84	Mitragyna tubulosa (Arn.) Havil.	හැළඹ		EN
85	Morinda citrifolia L.	අහු/Great Morinda/Indian Mulberry		LC
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87	Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.	අහු		LC
88	Morinda umbellata L.	කිරි වැල්/මහ කිරි වැල්		LC
89	Mussaenda frondosa L.	මුස්සැන්ද/වෙල්-බුත්සරණ		LC
90	Mussaenda samana Jayaweera			LC
91	Nargedia macrocarpa (Thw.) Boddome			LC
92	Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.	බක් මී/ රට බක් මී		LC
93	Neanotis monosperma (Wight & Arn.) W.H. Lewis			LC
94	Neanotis nummularia (Arn.) W.H. Lewis			LC
95	Neanotis nummulariformis (Arn.) W.H. Lewis			VU
96	Neanotis tubulosa (G.Don) Mabb.			CR(PE)	Neanotis quadrilocularis (Thw.) W.H. Lewis is a synonym
97	Neanotis richardiana (Arn.) W.H. Lewis			CR
98	Neurocalyx calycinus (R. Br. ex Benn.) Robinson			VU
99	Neurocalyx championii Benth. ex Thw.			VU
100	Neurocalyx gardneri Thw.			EN
101	Neurocalyx zeylanicus Hook.			VU
102	Oldenlandia biflora L.			LC
103	Oldenlandia brachypoda DC.			LC
104	Oldenlandia corymbosa L.	වල් පත්පාඩගම්/Old world diamond flower/Flat top mille graines		LC
105	Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.			LC
106	Oldenlandia erecta (Mani. & Sivarajan) Ridsd.			DD
107	Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.			LC
108	Oldenlandia ovatifolia (Cav.) DC.			EN
109	Oldenlandia pumila (L. f.) DC.			DD
110	Oldenlandia stricta L.			NT
111	Oldenlandia trinervia Retz.			NT
112	Oldenlandia umbellata L.	සායා/Chaya Root		LC
113	Ophiorrhiza glechomifolia Thw.			CR
114	Ophiorrhiza mungos L.	දත් කැටිය/වල් ඒකාවේරිය		LC
115	Ophiorrhiza nemorosa Thw.			EN
116	Ophiorrhiza pectinata Arn.			LC
117	Ophiorrhiza pallida Thw.			CR(PE)
118	Ophiorrhiza radicans Gardner ex Thw.	කිරිමකුළු		VU
119	Ophiorrhiza rugosa			LC
120	Oxyceros rugulosus (Thw.) Tirv.			EN
121	Pavetta agrostiphylla Bremek.			EN
122	Pavetta blanda Bremek.	පාවට්ටා		LC	Pavetta badullensis Ridsd. is a synonym
123	Pavetta gardneri Bremek.			DD
124	Pavetta gleniei Thw. ex Hook. f.	ගල් හැම්බෙල්ල/එළ තෙරණ		NT
125	Pavetta glomerata Bremek.			NT
126	Pavetta indica L.	පාවට්ටා		LC
127	Pavetta involucrata Thw.			NT
128	Pavetta macraei Bremek.			CR
129	Pavetta zeylanica (Hook. f.) Gamble	ඇස් රුදා		NT
130	Pleiocraterium plantaginifolium (Arn.) Bremek.			EN
131	Prismatomeris albidiflora Thw.			VU
132	Prismatomeris tetrandra (Roxb.) Schumann			VU
133	Pseudaidia speciosa (Beddome) Tirv.			DD
134	Coffea travancorensis Wight & Arn.	ගස් පිච්ච		VU	Psilanthus travancorensis (Wight & Arn.) Leroy is a synonym
135	Coffea wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.			VU	Psilanthus wightianus (Wight & Arn.) Leroy is a synonym
136	Psychotria dubia (Wight) Alston			NT
137	Psychotria gardneri (Thw.) Hook. f.	කළු කුරටිය		NT
138	Psychotria glandulifera Thw. ex Hook.f.			VU
139	Psychotria longipetiolata Thw.			EN
140	Psychotria meeboldii Deb & M.G. Gangop.			DD
141	Psychotria moonii (Thw.) Hook.f.			CR(PE)
142	Psychotria nigra (Gaertn.) Alston			LC
143	Psychotria plurivenia Thw.			EN
144	Psychotria sarmentosa Blume	වල් ගොනිකා		NT
145	Psychotria sohmeri Kiehn			VU
146	Psychotria sordida Thw.			VU
147	Psychotria srilankensis Ruhsam			VU	Psychotria stenophylla (Thw.) Hook.f. is a synonym
148	Psychotria waasii Sohmer			NT
149	Psychotria zeylanica Sohmer			LC
150	Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn.	ගල් කරඳ/පනකරව පඳුරු/Ceylon Boxwood		LC
151	Psydrax grandifolius (Thw.) Ridsd.			CR(PE)
152	Psydrax montana (Thwaites) Ridsdale			NT
153	Psydrax pergracilis (Bourd.) Ridsd.			CR
154	Rubia cordifolia L.	මන්ද මදිනි වැල්/ යෝගන වැල්		EN
155	Saprosma foetens (Wight) Schumann subsp. ceylanicum (Gardner) Gang.			LC
156	Saprosma glomeratum var. gardneri (Thw.) Gang.			NT
157	Saprosma scabridum (Thw.) Beddome			EN
158	Sabicea ceylanica Puff	අපස්ස වැල්		LC	Schizostigma hirsutum Arn. is a synonym
159	Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea Gaertn.f.			VU
160	Scyphostachys coffaeoides Thw.	Wild Coffe/වල් කෝපි		EN
161	Scyphostachys pedunculatus Thw.			CR(PE)
162	Spermacoce articularis L.f.			LC
163	Spermacoce hispida L.	හීන් ගැට කොළ		LC
164	Spermacoce prostrata Aublet			EN
165	Spermacoce pusilla Wall.			DD
166	Spermacoce lasiocarpa R.Br. ex Wall.			DD	Spermacoce ramanii Sivarajan & Nair is a synonym
167	Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirv. & Sastre	ඇත් කුකුරුමන්/වඩිග		VU
168	Tarenna asiatica (L.) Kuntze ex Schumann	තරණ		LC
169	Tarenna flava Alston			LC
170	Timonius flavescens (Jack) Baker	පැදිමැල්ල		LC
171	Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don			LC
172	Urophyllum ceylanicum (Wight) Thw.			LC
173	Urophyllum ellipticum (Wight) Thw.			LC
174	Wendlandia bicuspidata Wight & Arn.	රාවන් ඉදල/වන ඉදල/රත් වැනිදල		LC
Exotic Species
175	Cinchona calisaya Wedd.
176	Cinchona officinalis L.
177	Cinchona pubescens Vahl				Cinchona succirubra Pav. ex Klotzsch is a synonym
178	Coffea arabica L.	කෝපි/Coffee/Arabian coffee
179	Coffea liberica Hiern
180	Coffea wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
181	Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis				Gardenia augusta Merr. is a synonym
182	Hamelia patens Jacq.	Firebush/Hummingbird bush/Scarlet bush/Redhead
183	Ixora macrothyrsa (Teijsm. & Binn.) T.Moore
184	Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. ex G.Don
185	Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn.
186	Richardia brasiliensis Gomes	Brazil pusley/Mexican clover
187	Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.	Tropical girdlepod
188	Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers	Red star cluster/Star flower
189	Spermacoce ocymifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
190	Spermacoce exilis (L.O.Williams) C.D.Adams ex W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor				Spermacoce mauritiana Gideon is a synonym
191	Spermacoce alata Aubl.	Oval leaf false buttonweed			Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. is a synonym
192	Spermacoce remota Lam.	Woodland false buttonweed			Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. is a synonym
193	Spermacoce verticillata L.	Shrubby false buttonweed