කළු කුරටිය[Kalu kuratiya] (Psychotria gardneri)

An endemic shrub common in forests from 1000 to 2000 m elevations. Flowering from March to April and fruiting from August to September. 

Flower size - About 0.7 cm across

 

Impatiens cuspidata subsp. bipartita

A large woody herb occurs along stream banks, open scrub and thickets and such moist places in the hill country rain forests from 1800 to 2700 m elevations. Often form large scattered colonies. Rarely grows in total shade. Sub species bipartita is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Nepalese crane's bill (Geranium nepalense)

 

An indigenous perennial herb grows along roads and moist shady places in the upper montane zone. Mainly occurs around Nuwaraeliya (Between Nuwaraeliya and Maturata, Hakgala). Flowering more or less throughout the year. Very rare. 

Barleria arnottiana

 An indigenous shrubby herb common in the undergrowth of montane forests close to water courses. Flowering from September to April with a peak in October and November  ( var. arnottiana)

var. glabra - Grows in Low and intermediate country. Flowering from November to February.

 

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

 Rather rare insect confined to the marshes, swamps and lakes of the central hills (Mainly to the vicinity of Nuwaraeliya and Horton Plains National Park.) 

Mexican wild petunia/Desert petunia (Ruellia simplex)

 An introduced herb or subshrub native to Mexico and South America. Cultivated in home gardens and occasionally escaped and naturalized. 

Liparis walkerae

An indigenous rather rare terrestrial herb grows under the shade of trees in the montane forests up to about 1829 m elevations. 

 

Hedyotis marginata

 An endemic shrub or small tree of upper montane shrubberies. 

Hedyotis neolessertiana

 An endemic shrub or small tree of upper montane shrubberies. Often in open and secondary areas. 

වියකෙයියා[Viyakeyya] (Freycinetia pycnophylla)

 An endemic woody-stemmed climber ascending tree trunks in the wet zone and hill country forests up to about 1500 m elevations. 

වල් දුම්කොළ [Wal Dumkola](Sonchus wightianus)

 Common weed of roadsides and in the mortar of bridges and road embankments in the lower montane zone. Flowering from January to June and probably throughout the year. Possibly a native herb of Sri Lanka since it is falling within the natural distribution range of the species. But in absence of specimens of it earlier than 1915 Sonchus wightianus also considered as an introduced species which is native to India and China (http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250399-1). 

Hedyotis cyanescens

 An utmost rare endemic herb of western lowland forests. 

හැළඹ[Halamba] (Mitragyna parvifolia)

An indigenous tree common in dry deciduous forests.

කන ගොරක/ගොකටු/කොකටිය[Kana Goraka/Gokatu/Kokatiya]/Gamboge (Garcinia cambogioides [Syn: Garcinia morella])

 An indigenous tree distributed in wet evergreen lowland forests. Sometimes also cultivated. Latex of this tree is an excellent gamboge which used locally for paintings and dyeing. 

වට්ටක්කා [Wattakka]/Pumpkin gourd/Squash gourd (Cucurbita maxima)

 
An introduced  trailing or climbing tall annual herb widely cultivated in all climatic zones.  The wild ancestor of this species is native to South America.

Tetrapilus polygamus [Syn: Olea polygama]

 

An indigenous small tree of evergreen montane forests, including secondary forests from 1000 to 2400 m elevations.

Flower Size - About 3mm across

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.