Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

 An indigenous large tree of open forests, mostly in the dry zone. Often planted. 

An indigenous small banyan or independent tree without aerial roots, occurs in dry zone open forests, on grassy hillsides and rocky place...

An introduced small to medium size tree native to the China . Cultivated in home gardens and may be escaped too. Leaves can be used to fe...

A large banyan with few or no aerial roots from branches. Distributed in India and South China to the Soloman islands . Introduced to ...

Native tree probably of New Guinea . Planted in home gardens. Occurs in two forms one with seeds and conical processes on the syncarp and...

An indigenous deciduous banyan or independent tree with few or no aerial roots from the branches common in lowland forests and open rocky...

An indigenous tree also native to Pakistan and India .Now widely cultivated in towns and villages. Also occurs in lowland forests. 

Common native tree grows in wet zone lowland areas up to 1000 m a.s.l. Flowers enclosed in figs. Leaves formerly used as sand papers

Common indigenous small tree or shrub grows in open areas, river banks and secondary forests up to 1200 m a.s.l. Flowers enclosed in figs...

Common introduced tree with unknown origin (Possibly South India ). Widely cultivated (And also naturalized) due to its edible fruits whi...

An indigenous slender creeper or climber creeping over the ground, rocks and trunks. It occurs chiefly in the hills but also not uncommon...

A large indigenous tree with buttresses trunk. Common and found often along rivers in the low country.

An introduced tree from Himalayan forests of India to Sri Lanka . Bo is the tree it is said that under which the Lord Buddha attained the ...

An endemic tree common in wet zone forests and village gardens.  Seeds edible and wood use in construction industry.