Showing posts with label Verbenaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verbenaceae. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2019

ඉල්ල[Illa] (Callicarpa tomentosa)

Common native shrub or small tree of scrublands, home gardens, forests edges and roadsides of wet lowlands and the hill country. Flowering from August to September and March.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

මහ බලුනකුට[Maha Balunakuta]/Pink Snakeweed/Changeable Vervain (Stachytarpheta mutabilis)

An introduced herb or sub-shrub cultivated as an ornamental. Also escaped and naturalized often
along roads in the vicinity of houses. Pink Snakeweed is a native plant of tropical America.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

නික/සුදු නික[Nika/Sudu nika]/Indian privet/Indian wild pepper (Vitex trifolia)

An indigenous shrub or small tree occurs from sea level to 650m a.s.l, mostly along the coast. Fruits and leaves are used in traditional medicine.  

Friday, September 2, 2016

තේක්ක[Thekka]/Teak/Indian oak (Tectona grandis)

An introduced tree, widely planted for timber. Native to India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Flowering mainly in the rainy season, starting about a month after the first rain. 

Friday, July 1, 2016

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Hybrid glory-bower vine (Clerodendrum x speciosum)

An introduced shrub widely cultivated in gardens. Flowering from February to April and August to September. A hybrid between Clerodendrum splendens and Clerodendrum thomsoniae.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

බලු නකුට[Balu nakuta]/Jamaican vervain/Blue snakeweed(Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)

Native herb of tropical America. Introduced and widely naturalized along roadsides, waste places, open country, etc. Flowering throughout the year. 

Friday, April 15, 2016

Golden dewdrop/Brazillian skyflower/Heliotrope bush/Pigeon berry(Duranta erecta[ Duranta repens])

An introduced shrub or small tree native of Florida to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. Cultivated as an ornamental in gardens. Flowering throughout the year. 

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Three-leaved Lantana/Cambara (Lantana trifolia)

An introduced perennial herb or sub-shrub native to tropical America. Naturalized along roadsides of the mid hills. Flowering from March to September.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Glossocarya scandens

Rather rare indigenous straggling shrub or woody vine occurs in the dry zone forests.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

මිදි ගස්/මහ මිදි/හීන් මිදි/වල්-වෙල්-මිදි [Midi Gas/Maha Midi/Heen Mii/Wal-Wel-Midi]/Headache Tree(Premna serratifolia [Syn: Premna obtusifolia/Premna divaricata])

An indigenous shrub or tree common in coastal areas and mangroves. Flowering from December to March and August to September. Fruits black when ripe. Leaves and roots used in medicine and wood in constructions  industry.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Clerodendrum laevifolium [Syn: Clerodendrum wallichii]

Native from Himalayan India, Pakistan, Bhutan, to Myanmar and Vietnam. Introduced and occasionally cultivated in home gardens. 

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Brazilian Tea (Stachytarpheta cayennensis [Syn: Stachytarpheta dichotoma])

An introduced shrubby herb native to Cuba and Mexico south to Argentina and Peru. Naturalized and widely distributed along roadsides, waste grounds, scrub lands etc. mainly in the central parts of the country. 

Saturday, August 29, 2015

ගස් පින්න/පින්න[Gas pinna/Pinna](Clerodendrum infortunatum)

Common indigenous shrub or small tree occurs in forests from wet  lowlands to about 1500 m altitude. Flowering from March to August.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Mandarin's hat/Chinese hats/Chinese Umbrellas/Cup & Saucer/Parasol flower/Sombrero flower (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

Straggling shrub or small tree native to subtropical Himalayan region of Pakistan and India. Introduced as an ornamental plant to Sri Lanka and cultivated in gardens. 

Monday, June 15, 2015

හිරමන-දැත්ත[Hiramana-daththa]/Frogfruit/Bank mat (Phyla nodiflora)


An indigenous creeping herb occurs in moist places like tank edges, seacoast, dry river beds, etc.  Flowering throughout the year. Used in medicine and leaves said to be edible.

Monday, May 4, 2015