An introduced small shrub native to the Philippines, Borneo, Java and the Lesser Sunda islands. Cultivated in home gardens
An indigenous herb common in marshy ponds, margins of tanks, flooded paddy fields in wet and dry lowlands. Flowering from March to December.
An indigenous tree of woodlands, meadows, relicts in grasslands, water edges, bare rocky hillsides and outcrops with grassy pockets from lowlands to about 360 m…
An indigenous tree grows in primary rain forests, on streams and river banks and occasionally in secondary forests of the wet zone from sea level…
An endemic shrub common in the wet montane forests. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year. Flower size – 0.3-0.5 cm across
Rather rare native herb grows in moist places in the hill country forests. Flowering throughout the year. Flower head size – 0.5 cm across
Rather rare native herb grows in moist places in the hill country forests. Flowering throughout the year. Flower head size – 0.5 cm across
An endemic slender herb of shady damp banks and riverside rocks in the sub montane forests from 350 to 900 m elevations. Rather rare.
Native tree of South America, introduced to Sri Lanka in 1876 by the British colonial rulers. Since then widely cultivated in plantations for the the milky latex extracted from…
Common native shrub cultivated as a hedge plant and occasionally on borders of paddy fields in the low and mid country. Widely used in traditional…