Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

Native plant of tropical America . Widely cultivated as an ornamental. Also occurs as an escape. Flowering and fruiting throughout the ye...

Rather common native perennial herb in grassy slopes of the intermediate zone, lower hill country and patanas of the upper hills from 150...

An indigenous herb occurs along roadsides, plantations and patans of the hill country.

Rather common native woody climber confine to the primary and secondary forests from lowlands to lower montane zone up to about 1000 m a....

Native diffuse or prostrate annual herb of moist lowlands, roadsides, waste lands and cultivated areas.

Native shrub of Mexico . Introduced and cultivated in gardens as an ornamental.

Rather common native herb grows along roadsides, waste grounds and such places in all climatic zones from sea level to about 1000 m a.s.l...

An indigenous shrub or small tree common in secondary vegetation of moist region from lowland to hill country. 

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

Native herb of South America. Introduced   to Sri Lanka by the Botanic garden before 1879 and naturalized in disturbed places and cultiv...

Annual erect or decumbent herb common in waste lands, seashores, roadsides and arable lands throughout the island. White and red flower v...

Rather common native large herb occurs in shaded roadsides and dry and lower moist forests up to 800 m elevations. Flowering from October...

An introduced tall shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern Brazilian coastal rain forests. Widely cultivated in tea planting distr...

Native subshrub occurs in montane rain forests up to about 1500 m elevations. 

Common butterfly flies all the year round in wetter parts of the island below 1000 m a.s.l. wherever its food plants grows. Its larva fee...

Native tree of Northwest Panama to South Mexico. Introduced and cultivated as a shade tree in tea plantations. Leaves use as a fodder.  ...

An endemic herb occurs in the hill country. Ecology unknown* (Flora of Ceylon Vol 12) * Above pictures were taken in a forested mountai...

Common indigenous woody liana grows in wet zone up to 2000 m elevations. Flowering from February to April. 

Common indigenous scrambling and trailing shrubby or erect herb occurs in scrub lands, secondary vegetation, roadsides and waste places, ...

An introduced herb native to West Indies .  Commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant and occasionally found as an escape.