Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Peperomia tetraphylla


 An indigenous perennial herb locally common on mossy rocks and trees in montane forests above 1000 m altitudes. 


Saturday, March 9, 2024

ගල් වෙරළු (Elaeocarpus glandulifer)

 An endemic tree common in lower montane zone from 1000 to 2000 m elevations. Flowering from September to March and fruiting from June to December.

Friday, March 8, 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Robiquetia virescens

An endemic epiphyte on branches of trees in sub montane to montane wet evergreen forests up to 2150 m elevations. 

Flower Size: 4mm across and 1.2 cm long

Friday, January 12, 2024

Digera muricata

 An indigenous annual herb locally common along roadsides and gardens of dry and sandy places. 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

තෙල් තල [Thel Thala]/Gingerlly (Sesamum indicum)

 An introduced annual herb with origin uncertain (Probably Africa or India). Widely cultivated and also naturalized along roadsides, waste lands and abandoned fields in the dry zone. Flowering from May to August and possibly throughout the year. Seeds edible.

*Cultivated Plants usually have white flowers >>

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Ardisia gardneri

 
An endemic shrub or small tree common in lower montane forests of the wet zone up to about 1500 m elevations. Flowering and fruiting from December to May.

Friday, November 24, 2023

Mecardonia procumbens

An introduced decumbent or erect herb grows on open, frequently wet places such as margins of paddy fields. Native to tropical and sub tropical America. A recent introduction to Sri Lanka and naturalized in some places in the Knuckles Range.  

Friday, September 22, 2023

Friday, September 1, 2023

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Cyanotis ceylanica

 An endemic decumbent perennial in shade or partial shade of forest floor and near streams from 750 to 1220 m elevations.

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.

Sunday, August 27, 2023

වල් ජම්බු/ජම්බු (Syzygium amphoraecarpus)

An endemic medium-sized tree common in Southwestern Sri Lanka including the Knuckles from sea level to about 1500 m altitudes in wet and intermediate zones. 

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Horse Radish Tree/Drumstick Tree/මුරුංගා[Murunga]/ (Moringa oleifera)

 An introduced tree native to tropical Asia. Cultivated in home gardens, along roads and also as fence posts and boundary trees for demarcation in the dry zones chenas. Tender pods, leaves and flowers are used as vegetables. Root bark, leaves and seed oils are used in Ayurvedic medicine, especially for snake bites. 

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Fox-tail Orchid/Batticaloa Orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa)

An indigenous epiphyte rather rare usually on trees by streams in grasslands in Uva and Eastern provinces. 

Thursday, June 29, 2023