Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

An introduced (Native?) common herb native to South and East Asia. Cultivated, escaped and naturalized along roadsides in the low country.

Common native shrub or small tree of scrublands, home gardens, forests edges and roadsides of wet lowlands and the hill country. Flower...

An introduced herb or sub-shrub cultivated as an ornamental. Also escaped and naturalized often along roads in the vicinity of houses. P...

Common indigenous shrub occurs along forest margins of moist low country up to about 1200 m a.s.l. Flowering from April to September. 

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 ...

Large native tree common in dry and intermediate zone forests. Also grown in home gardens. Bark medicinal and wood used in furniture maki...

An introduced tree, widely planted for timber. Native to India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia . Flowering mainly in the rainy ...

An indigenous shrub common in saline marshes, tidal river banks, seashores and mangrove forest borders in both wet and dry zones. Floweri...

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

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

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

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

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

An indigenous shrub or tree common in coastal areas and mangroves. Flowering from December to March and August to September. Fruits blac...

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

An introduced shrubby herb native to Cuba and Mexico south to Argentina and Peru . Naturalized and widely distributed along roadsides, wa...

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

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

An indigenous creeping herb occurs in moist places like tank edges, seacoast, dry river beds, etc.  Flowering throughout the year. Us...

An introduced herb native to tropical America. Naturalized and common along roadsides, waste places and open areas.  Flowering throughout...