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.
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Sunday, August 27, 2023
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
Sunday, June 11, 2023
ඉඳි (Phoenix pusilla)
An indigenous small palm widespread in the wet and dry lowlands up to 500 m elevations. Flowering in May and June.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Saturday, April 15, 2023
වල් කොල්ලු (Cajanus scarabaeoides [Syn: Atylosia scarabaeoides])
An indigenous twining vine common in lowlands of both wet and dry zones. Flowering probably throughout the year, though most reports are from November to March.
Saturday, April 8, 2023
Vanilla/වැනිලා (Vanilla planifolia [Syn: Vanilla fragrans])
An introduced liana native to South America. Cultivated for fermented pods which contains vanilla of commerce. The flowers need to be pollinated by hand since the pollinating bee species are not found outside of South America.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Purple potato vine/Brazilian nightshade (Solanum seaforthianum)
An ornamental unarmed climber native to Brazil. Widely cultivated and perhaps occasionally naturalized.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Friday, February 10, 2023
කිරි කජු(Wissadula periplocifolia)
An indigenous annual or perennial woody herb rather common in thickets, roadsides and among vegetation at base of granite outcrops.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Emilia baldwinii
An endemic herb rather common along the shores on south and west coast, usually on sand. Rarely on rocks just behind the seashore.
Monday, December 19, 2022
Saturday, October 29, 2022
ගොඩ රත්මල්/කොසත්ත (Blachia umbellata)
An indigenous shrub or small tree of medium to low elevation open forests of wet to intermediate zones, open places along watercourses and roadsides.
Friday, October 28, 2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Glycosmis mauritiana
An indigenous shrub of open forests in coastal and lowland areas both moist and rather dry country. Locally common.
Monday, October 17, 2022
Murdannia simplex
An indigenous perennial with basal rosette. Locally common in shallow soil over rocks, wet rocky and roadside banks from 875 to 900 m elevations. Flowering in December.
Saturday, October 15, 2022
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