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Showing posts with label Apocynaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apocynaceae. Show all posts
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Friday, August 5, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
Rubber vine/Madagascar rubber vine/Purple trumpet (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
An introduced twining vine native to the Madagascar and neighboring islands. Cultivated in gardens as an ornamental. As per Trimen often naturalized in Sri Lanka near the shore (A Revised Hand Book to the Flora of Ceylon Vol 4)*. It is considered as a notorious invasive plant in tropical Australia.
* Probable naturalized vines observed at Karukkupone area, north of Chilaw.
* Probable naturalized vines observed at Karukkupone area, north of Chilaw.
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Oxystelma esculentum
Rather rare native twiner occurs in the drier part of the country, usually near tanks. Flowering throughout the year. Used as a remedy for hydrophobia in traditional medicine.
*Sinhala name for this plant is given as 'Usepale' [උස් ඇපැල?] in the Flora of Ceylon Vol 4 and as ගර්භිණී [Garbinee] in the Charles Carter's Sinhalese-English dictionary published in 1924.
*Sinhala name for this plant is given as 'Usepale' [උස් ඇපැල?] in the Flora of Ceylon Vol 4 and as ගර්භිණී [Garbinee] in the Charles Carter's Sinhalese-English dictionary published in 1924.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
ඒකාවේරිය/නකුල/රත් ඒකාවේරිය[Ekaveriya/Nakula/Rath Ekaveriya]/Indian Snakeroot(Rauvolfia serpentina)
An indigenous sub - shrub of secondary scrub lands and grassy places of the wet lowlands up to about 700 m elevations. Due to not observing of it during the 'Flora of Ceylon project' Herbert Huber noted in 1983 that it may have been possibly extinct in the wild due to intense exploitation (Dasanayaka M.D. & Fosberg F.R., 1983, Flora of Ceylon Vol 4). However 2012 Red list categorized it under the Endangered status. It is an important medicinal plant.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
හවරි-නුග\අවරි-නුග[Havari-Nuga\Avari-Nuga] (Alstonia macrophylla)
Native plant of Malay peninsula, Thailand, Indochina, Philippines, Borneo and Celebes. Introduced as a timber tree to Sri Lanka (Native ? >>) at the beginning of last century. Now it is naturalized in the wet and intermediate zone up to about 1200-1500m, especially in the secondary rain forests.
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