Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

An introduced  shrub native to the Mexico , Central and South America . First identified at the Mahaweli river bank near  Kandy in 1996 ...

Native herb of Mexico and West Indies . Probably introduced as an ornamental (Earliest specimen was collected from the neighborhood of  H...

Native plant of tropical Africa . Introduced to Sri Lanka as an ornamental grass. Escaped and naturalized along roadsides, cultivated la...

An invasive tree spreading aggressively in southwestern wet lowland marshy areas, mangroves, near paddy fields, forest edges, etc. Common...

An introduced perennial weed grows in coastal areas, sand dunes, open places, roadsides, waste lands,  agricultural fields, ditch banks, ...

Native herb of tropical America . Probably introduced into Sri Lanka in 1988 since it was first observed at the School of Agriculture at...

An introduced large herb probably with Southeast Asian origin. Now pan-tropically cultivated and also escaped and naturalized in open we...

Native herb of tropical America . Very common invasive weed along roadsides, cultivated grounds and waste places throughout the island. F...

Small shrub native to tropical Southeast Asia. Introduced and now an invasive in disturbed rain forest habitats of Kalutara and Ratnapura...

An introduced ornamental  climber native to the Solomon islands . Cultivated and also escaped and naturalized in the lowlands to hill cou...

Native herb of Brazil and Argentina . Invasive in Australia, China, New Zealand,Thailand and USA . In 1995 it was found that Alligator we...

An introduced large herb native to tropical South America. It was first introduced an ornamental at Peradeniya botanical garden in 1884 ...

Small tree introduced as an ornamental plant due to its large attractive leaves. Native to central and south America from Mexico to Arge...

An introduced spiny shrub naturalized in forest edges, along roadsides and other open areas of montane zone. Native plant of western Eur...

An introduced (Native? >> ) and very common creeping and climbing herb often growing over and covering other plants and shrubs. It...

An introduced shrub or small tree cultivated as green manure, fodder, for afforestation and as cover plants of tea estates. It is nativ...

Native to the South America . Introduced as an ornamental plant and now naturalized common weed in sandy places of dry and arid zone e...

A floating herb native to Brasil and other  South America n countries, which introduced and naturalized in tropical African and Asian co...

An invasive shrub native to the South America . Introduced probably as an ornamental plant and naturalized in several tropical countries...

Native plant of Sumatra , Malaysia and Borneo . Introduced to Peradeniya botanical garden as an ornamental tree in late nineteenth centu...