Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

 An indigenous shrub of thickets and scrublands of dry and arid zones. 

 An indigenous undershrub of dry lowland areas. Often cultivated.

 An indigenous annual or perennial woody herb rather common in thickets, roadsides and among vegetation at base of granite outcrops.

 An endemic tree locally very common in the dry monsoon forests. Flower Size: 1.2 cm across

 An indigenous tree of woodlands, meadows, relicts in grasslands, water edges, bare rocky hillsides and outcrops with grassy pockets from lo...

An indigenous herb of roadsides, waste lands and disturbed habitats from coastal areas to about 600 m a.s.l. in the dry zone. 

A native tree of Australia . Introduced to Sri Lanka in 1882 ( Macmillan H.F., 1910 ).  "Several herbarium specimens collected from...

An indigenous woody herb or small shrub rather common in the low country

An indigenous (Or may be introduced from India ) herb  occurs in marshy places, paddy fields, tank edges, etc. at sea level or lower elev...

An introduced annual herb probably native to the Ethiopia . Widely cultivated in gardens and plantations for its edible fruits. 

Common native herb grows as a weed along roadsides and other ruderal areas.

An indigenous perennial herb found in waste places, roadsides and in secondary vegetation up to about 700 m a.s.l. 

Common native shrub grows in forests, scrub lands and grasslands in the dry zone. Flexible Branches of this shrub were used to make bows ...

Common native tree of thickets and forests in the dry zone below 300 m a.s.l.

An endemic woody herb or sub-shrub found on granite outcrops in Polonnaruwa and Ampara districts. 

Common indigenous shrub or small tree grows in dry zone forests and forest margins. Flowering from January to April. 

An indigenous woody herb or sub shrub grows in scrublands, bases of rocky outcrops, secondary dry forest borders and roadsides from sea l...

Common indigenous scrambling and trailing shrubby or erect herb occurs in scrub lands, secondary vegetation, roadsides and waste places, ...

Native plant of West tropical Africa from Guinea to Ghana . Introduced into Sri Lanka in 1879.  The seeds contain  caffeine  and are use...

Common indigenous erect herb occurs along river and stream banks, roadsides, waste places, paddy fields, forest clearings, etc. from sea ...