Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

An indigenous small tree grows in forests above 1500 m elevations. 

An introduced tree native to Australia . Planted in some locations in the higher hills. An invasive tree in some other countries where th...

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

Large native woody climber in moist low country forests up to about 600 m a.s.l. Juice of the wood and bark used in medicine. 

An introduced tree or shrub with scattered thorns, native to South America and West Indies . Naturalized in open grazed areas near the s...

Native tree of Northwest Panama to South Mexico. Introduced and cultivated as a shade tree in tea plantations. Leaves use as a fodder. 

Introduced tree cultivated as an ornamental. Native to  Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia .

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

An aquatic herb with floating stems and sensitive leaves, found in tanks and ponds in the dry zone lowlands. Young ends of stems and pods a...

Nidi-kumba is a native plant of Brazil and now pantropical. It is said to be introduced by Alexander moon then director of Peradeniya Bo...

An indigenous tree of low country up to about 1300m a.s.l. It is rare in wild but commonly cultivating in home gardens. Hard red wood of...

Woody herb with long trailing stems native to Brazil and introduced to other tropical countries. It is considered as a serious invasiv...