Hedyotis trimenii

 An indigenous shrub or small tree grows in open secondary vegetations, forests edges and rocky areas on mountain tops up to about 2150 m elevations. 

පොළොස් කොට්ටෝරුවා (Megalaima Zeylanica)

 සියළුම දේශගුණික කලාප වල පාහේ සුලභව දැකිය හැකි පක්ෂියෙකු මුත් ඉහල කඳුකර කලාපයේ තරමක් දුර්ලභය. ඝන වනාන්තර වලට වඩා ගෙවතු සහ විවෘත ප්‍රදේශ වලට වැඩි කැමැත්තක් දක්වන අතර යුගල වශයෙන් හෝ කුඩා රංචු වශයෙන් හැසිරේ. විවිධ පළතුරු වර්ග, කුඩා ගෙඩි ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් අහාරයට ගන්නා මුත් කුරුමිණියන් වැනි කුඩා කෘමි සතුන්ද ගොදුරු කරගන්නා බව නිරීක්ෂණය කර ඇත. තුරුමත පමණක් හැසිරෙන අතර පොළොව මත කිසිවිටක දැකිය නොහැක. ප්‍රධාන අභිජනන කාලය පෙබරවාරි සිට ජූලි දක්වා වන අතර අගෝස්තු සිට සැප්තැම්බර් දක්වා වූ ද්වීතීයක අභිජනන සමයක්ද ඇතැම් විට සිදුවේ. පොලොස් කොට්ටෝරුවා මැරුණු ගසක කඳේ හෝ අත්තක සාදා ගත් කුහරයක සිය කූඩුව තනා ගනී.
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මිමිණි මාර[Mimini Mara](Archidendron clypearia [Syn: Abarema subcoriacea])

An indigenous small tree grows in forests above 1500 m elevations. 

Cissus gardneri

 An endemic liana rather common in forest edges and clearings in the lower montane zone. Flowering all the year round.

Justicia scandens [Syn: Justicia glabra]

An indigenous undershrub of mid country moist places. Flowering from January to April. 

Yesterday-today-and-tommorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

 An introduced ornamental shrub native to South America. Cultivated in home gardens. 

Eugenia sp.

 An Eugenia species with almost sessile flowers. A shrub probably endemic to the Sri Lanka (or indigenous). An addition to the flora of Sri Lanka, first recorded in Vlas de J., 2019 from Knuckles range. 

Vlas de J., 2019 - Illustrated field guide to the flowers of Sri Lanka Volume 3

බිනර/ගිණිහිරිය[Binara/Ginihiriya] (Exacum trinervium ritigalensis)

 

An endemic herb grows on gravelly soil of rocky places and of patanas in the dry intermediate zone towards the central hills and in the dry up country. Much common in the western sector of the Uva province and isolated pockets in the North western and Central provinces from about 400 to 1200 m elevations. Flowering throughout the year.

Lepidagathis ceylanica

Rathe rare endemic herb of moist mid country. Flowering from March to July and November. It was considered as a Critically endangered (Possibly extinct) species in the 2012 National Red List.

Coffea wightiana [Syn: Psilanthus wightianus]

 

An indigenous  deciduous shrub of dry zone scrub lands.

Lepidagathis walkeriana

 An endemic shrubby herb grows under shade in busy localities in sub montane and moist mid country. Often grows on embankments bordering disturbed submontane forests. Rather common and flowering from March to November. 

Eulophia epidendraea

 

Large native terrestrial herb, rather rare in the shade, on decaying leaves and soil on rocks in the intermediate and dry zones. 

Curcuma oligantha

 

An indigenous herb of the dry zone. Flowers produced before, or with developing leaves from the base of a new leaf shoot. One flower opening at a time.

දුණුමඩල/ලුනුමඩල/ලුනුමිදෙල්ල [Dunumadala/Lunumadala/Lunumidella] (Stereospermum colais [Syn: Stereospermum tetragonum,S tereospermum personatum])

 An indigenous large tree with spreading branches, grows in both wet and dry zones up to about 650 m elevations.  Flowering from May to August.  

තැඹිලිය [Tembiliya](Eugenia roxburghii [Syn: Eugenia bracteata])

 

An indigenous shrub or small tree of forests and scrub lands in the dry and intermediate zones especially near the coast. Often abundant in the secondary vegetation including fire-climax savanna. Occasionally also occurs in the coastal areas of the wet zone. 

බූ මෑ/මුං/උළුඳු/[Bu Me/Mun/Ulundu]Black gram (Vigna mungo)

 

An introduced sub-erect or twining herb with uncertain origin . Cultivated since long. Naturalized in the moister areas than Vigna radiata to that this species is closely related. Some authors even considered V. mungo as a variety of V. radiata.

Coleus barbatus var. grandis [Syn: Plectranthus barbatus var. grandis/Plectranthus grandis/Coleus grandis]

 

An introduced shrub with country of origin unknown. Also found in tropical East Africa. Widely cultivated as a hedge plant in the upper midlands and higher hills from 1100 to 2100 m elevations. Occasionally found as an escape by watercourses close to habitations but never been known in the wild. However nothing is known about its having been introduced into the country. Flowering from September to February. 

Himalayan Elder (Sambucus javanica subsp. chinensis [Syn: Sambucus hookeri])

 An introduced shrub native to China, Philippines and Malaysia. Often planted along tea plantations and near houses in the hill country. 

Yellow Ginger Lily (Hedychium flavescens)

                       

 A large herb common by streams in moist areas up to 1800 m elevations. Native to Northeast India. Introduced or perhaps native to Sri Lanka as well. Much cultivated as an ornamental. 

Parasopubia delphiniifolia [Syn: Sopubia delphiniifolia]

 An indigenous annual herb of open grassy places in the dry zone and the wet hill country from 500 to 1500 m elevations. Flowering from December to February and August to September.