Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

  An introduced  trailing or climbing tall annual herb widely cultivated in all climatic zones.  The wild ancestor of this species is native...

An indigenous slender climber with tendrils occurs in wet forests up to 1800 m elevations. 

An indigenous or introduced herb with climbing or creeping stems. Widely cultivated for its edible fruits. Also escaped and naturalized ...

An indigenous slender climber with tendrils, common in both wet and dry lowlands, often as a weed in waste places, grasslands, river marg...

An indigenous climbing herb occurs in lowland rain forests, riverine forests and cultivated areas up to 1200 m a.s.l. Fruit use in curr...

Largely creeping and climbing native annual herb common in the waste places of dry and intermediate zones up to about 200 m altitude. Flo...

Cultivated climbing herb with uncertain origin. Widely cultivated since young fruits are eaten as a vegetable. Also naturalized in some a...

Common indigenous climbing herb grows in low country, mainly in dry zone. Trichosanthes anguina (Snake Gourd/Pathola)  - cited as syn...

A common perennial climber grows in woodlands, forest borders and open areas from sea level to about 800m in low country, especially in ...