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Showing posts with label Verbenaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verbenaceae. Show all posts
Friday, July 3, 2020

බලයා/වල් සිරිතේක්කු[Balaya/Wal Siritekku]Indian Glorybower/Turk's Turban/Tube Flower (Clerodendrum indicum)

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An introduced (Native?) common herb native to South and East Asia. Cultivated, escaped and naturalized along roadsides in the low country...
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

ඉල්ල[Illa] (Callicarpa tomentosa)

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Common native shrub or small tree of scrublands, home gardens, forests edges and roadsides of wet lowlands and the hill country. Flower...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

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

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An introduced herb or sub-shrub cultivated as an ornamental. Also escaped and naturalized often along roads in the vicinity of houses. P...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

කන් හැන්ද[Kan Henda]/Blue fountain bush(Rotheca serrata [Syn: Clerodendrum serratum])

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Common indigenous shrub occurs along forest margins of moist low country up to about 1200 m a.s.l. Flowering from April to September.  ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

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

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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 ...
Sunday, October 9, 2016

මිල්ල/කහ මිල්ල/නියන් මිල්ල/මියන් මිල්ල/සපු මිල්ල[Milla/Kaha milla/Niyan milla/Miyan milla/Sapu milla]/(Vitex altissima)

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Large native tree common in dry and intermediate zone forests. Also grown in home gardens. Bark medicinal and wood used in furniture maki...
Friday, September 2, 2016

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

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An introduced tree, widely planted for timber. Native to India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia . Flowering mainly in the rainy ...
Friday, July 1, 2016

බූ රේන්ද/ගෝවින්ද/වල් ගූරැන්ද/ගුලින්ද[Bu renda/Govinda/Wal Gurenda/Gulinda]/Common hedge bower(Volkameria inermis [Syn: Clerodendrum inerme])

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An indigenous shrub common in saline marshes, tidal river banks, seashores and mangrove forest borders in both wet and dry zones. Floweri...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Hybrid glory-bower vine (Clerodendrum x speciosum)

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An introduced shrub widely cultivated in gardens. Flowering from February to April and August to September. A hybrid between  Clerodendru...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

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

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Native herb of tropical America.  Introduced and widely naturalized along roadsides, waste places, open country, etc. Flowering througho...
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Friday, April 15, 2016

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

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An introduced shrub or small tree native of  Florida to Brazil and the Caribbean islands . Cultivated as an ornamental in gardens. Flower...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Three-leaved Lantana/Cambara (Lantana trifolia)

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An introduced perennial herb or sub-shrub native to tropical America . Naturalized along roadsides of the mid hills. Flowering from March...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Glossocarya scandens

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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])

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An indigenous shrub or tree common in coastal areas and mangroves. Flowering from December to March and August to September. Fruits blac...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Clerodendrum laevifolium [Syn: Clerodendrum wallichii]

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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])

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An introduced shrubby herb native to Cuba and Mexico south to Argentina and Peru . Naturalized and widely distributed along roadsides, wa...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

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

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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)

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Straggling shrub or small tree native to subtropical Himalayan region of Pakistan and India . Introduced as an ornamental plant to Sri La...
Monday, June 15, 2015

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

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An indigenous creeping herb occurs in moist places like tank edges, seacoast, dry river beds, etc.  Flowering throughout the year. Us...
Monday, May 4, 2015

බලු-නකුට/නිල්-නකුට[Balu-nakuta/Nil-nakuta]/Dog's tail/Blue rat's tail (Stachytarpheta urticifolia)

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