Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

 An introduce small tree native to Central America . Introduced in to Sri Lanka in the late 18th Centaury. Cultivated for its seeds which u...

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

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

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

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 tree grows in monsoon, evergreen mixed and secondary forests, abandoned chena lands, scrub lands, beaches and rocky slo...

An introduced shrubby herb native to tropical America .  It occurs along roadsides, weedy fields, waste places, rocky outcrops and cultiv...

Common indigenous herb occurs along roadsides, edges of weedy fields, grassy areas between paddy fields & forest edges,etc. from sea ...

Small to medium tree occurs in monsoon forests, along roadsides, rocky outcrops etc. from sea level to about 900m elevation. Also cultiva...

Liniya is rather common indigenous shrub or small tree found in scrub lands, secondary forest edges, roadsides, beach edges and also ...