Showing posts with label Anacardiaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anacardiaceae. Show all posts

Monday, August 28, 2023

බල (Nothopegia beddomei)

An indigenous small to medium-sized tree of wet lowlands to hill country forests. Rather common in the intermediate zone and occurs also in the Ritigala hill. Flowering from March to July.

Monday, February 22, 2021

Saturday, February 22, 2020

ගැට බදුල්ල [Geta Badulla]/]Marking-nut tree (Semecarpus nigroviridis)

An indigenous tree of moist low country, extending to the dry zone and montane zone up to about 1000 m. Flowering from February to April and fruiting from July to August.

Monday, May 1, 2017

ආරිද්ද[Aridda] (Campnosperma zeylanicum)

An endemic small to large tree occurs in wet lowland forests. Flowering from March to April

Flower size - About 0.6 cm across.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

කජු[Caju]/Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)

An introduced small tree native to tropical America. Introduced to Sri Lanka by Portuguese and now widely cultivated as a fruit tree in both wet and dry zones. Also naturalized in the dry zone. The seeds are edible and known as Cashew nuts. Flowering mainly after the wet season. 

Sunday, December 27, 2015

අඹ[Amba]/Mango (Mangifera indica)

An introduced tree widely cultivated in the home gardens of wet zone up to about  600 m a.s.l. Native to India and Myanmar. Fruits edible.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

ඇම්බැරැල්ලා[Ambarella](Spondias dulcis)

An introduced tree presumably introduced into Southeast Asia from the Society islands. Commonly cultivated in home gardens. Fruit edible and whole plant medicinal.