Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

A native herb  common in open grassy patches from sea level to about 1200 m elevations. 

Very common indigenous erect or procumbent perennial herb grows in both dry and wet lowlands. 

An introduced weed, common in waste places, disturbed vegetations and open places. 

Common native shrub or small tree  occurs in dry zone jungles. Also cultivated in home gardens. Flowering from February to March. Roots, ...

An introduced tree commonly cultivated along roads as an ornamental. 

Native tree of   Myanmar (Former  Burma) . Introduced to the Peradeniya botanical garden in 1860 and since then it has been cultivated as...

Native tree of Africa . Introduced to India at least 3000 years ago. Cultivated in Sri Lankan home gardens and along roadsides in villag...

Native tree of the South America . Introduced and planted as an ornamental, mostly in the hill country near tea plantations. 

Native tree of the Southeast Asia . Introduced and cultivated as an ornamental. Roots and other parts medicinal. 

An introduced shrub native to Southeast Asia. Cultivated as an ornamental in home gardens. Flowering most of the year.

An indigenous tree widely cultivated as an ornamental along roadsides and home gardens. Good timber tree and whole part of the tree used ...

Common indigenous tree found in forests and scrub lands of low country dry zone. Fiber of inner bark use to make ropes and gum and leave...

An endemic small tree common in damp places of wet zone forest understory. 

Common introduced weed in scrublands, road sides and waste places in the low country. Seeds are used as a substitute for coffee and leave...

An indigenous large erect shrub or small tree common in dry zone  scrub lands

Macmillan in 1910 suggested Bauhinia purpurea as a flowering tree suitable for the gardening in low or median elevations due to its “ v...

A native plant of tropical America and introduced and cultivated in Sri Lanka .  There are escaped plants grows in waste places, canal ...

An indigenous tree of about 9m tall found in low country forests, basically in dry zone and also cultivated in home gardens as an orname...