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Friday, October 21, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
මඤ්ඤොක්කා[Manyokka]/Manioc/Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Native shrub of tropical America with long unbranched stem. Introduced by Portuguese during their reign of maritime provinces of the Sri Lanka.* Now widely cultivated in home gardens and plantations for its edible tuberous roots. Young leaves are also edible. Flowers can be seen only on large neglected plants.
* Tagus to Taprobane, Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya, 2001
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
ඇට පන්[Eta Pan] (Lepironia articulata)
* Photographed at Diyawanna oya marsh land of Kotte, probably introduced to that area since part of former wetland is now turned into the Baddagana biodiversity park and Bird Sanctuary.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016
Sunday, October 2, 2016
ගස්-කැප්පෙටියා[Gas-Keppetiya] (Croton aromaticus [Syn: Croton laccifer])
Native shrub or small tree grows in forests and bordering areas up to about 800m elevations in both dry and wet regions. Leaves use to control soil-borne pests in paddy fields and betel-vine plantations. Lac use in traditional lacquer works is a secretions of a certain scale-insect species (Tachardia lacca) living on the tender branches of this tree sucking juice of them. Roots, bark and leaves use in traditional medicine.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Friday, September 30, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Monday, September 26, 2016
Painted-lip Lizard/Sri Lankan Bloodsucker/තොල විසිතුරු කටුස්සා[Thola visithuru Katussa] (Calotes ceylonensis)
An endemic lizard confine to the semi-evergreen monsoon forests, home gardens and plantations in the dry and intermediate zones up to about 400 elevations. Painted-lip Lizard is an arboreal agamid inhabiting tree trunks of large trees. It active during the day time and feeds on butterflies, day moths, bees and other insects.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Friday, September 23, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Friday, September 9, 2016
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