Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 An indigenous herb fairly common in wet patanas, along borders of marshy lands and slopes of tea plantations close to water courses of the...

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

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

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

An endemic epiphyte on branches of trees in sub montane to montane wet evergreen forests up to 2150 m elevations.  Flower Size: 4mm across a...

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

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

  An introduced annual herb with origin uncertain (Probably  Africa  or  India ). Widely cultivated and also naturalized along roadsides, wa...

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

  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 ...