කොර කහ/Blue-Mist(Memecylon umbellatum)

 An indigenous large shrub or small tree common mainly in the dry zone forests and scrublands. Leaves yields a yellow dye. 

එනසාල්/රට එනසාල්/කරඳමුංගු (Elettaria cardamomum)

An indigenous large herb widely cultivated. Wild specimens rare. The seeds provide the cardamom of commerce.  

Cacao/Chocolate Tree/කොකෝවා [Kokova] (Therobroma cacao)

 An introduce small tree native to Central America. Introduced in to Sri Lanka in the late 18th Centaury. Cultivated for its seeds which used for the cocoa prodution.  

බක් මී/රට බක්මී (Nauclea orientalis)

An indigenous tree common in dry deciduous forests and secondary forests of the moist regions.

Date Plum (Chrysophyllum oliviforme)

 An introduced shrub or tree native to West Indies. Introduced in 1814 and cultivated occasionally in home gardens as an ornamental plant.

Diospyros montana

An indigenous tree common in scrub lands of the dry zone. 

Cowslip Creeper/Chinese Violet (Telosma cordata)

 An introduced liana native to Southern China, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan and Myanmar.  Cultivated in home gardens. 

Smilax aspera

 An indigenous much-branched climbing shrub rather common in montane zone. Flowering in April.  

ලාවුළු (Donella lanceolata [Syn: Chrysophyllum roxburghii])

 An indigenous common tree of primary and secondary wet evergreen forests from 30 to 900 m elevations, often by river banks.

Stellaria pauciflora

 An indigenous annual herb rare in shaded, moist places in lower montane zone from 915 to 1220 m elevations. Flowering in April.  

Clinopodium umbrosum

 An indigenous herb fairly common in wet patanas, along borders of marshy lands and slopes of tea plantations close to water courses of the wet up country from 2000 to 3600 m elevations. Flowering all the year round. 

Flower Size: 0.4 - 0.6 cm across

Peperomia tetraphylla

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

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.

Elephant's Ears (Actinodaphne speciosa)

 An endemic tree common in upper montane zone from  1500 to 2500 m elevations.

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

Seaside Purslane/Shore Purselane/මහ සාරණ (Sesuvium portulacastrum)

 An indigenous prostrate herb common on beaches and near the coast. 

Digera muricata

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

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 >>

මහ සාරණ (Zaleya decandra [Syn: Trianthema decandrum])

 
An indigenous prostrate herb in open places and along roads in dry lowland coastal areas. 

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.