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01. Nelli

Euphorbiaceae

Phyllanthus embelica

Beheth nelli   S

Nelli      T

Amla, Indian gooseberry   E

A medium to large sized tree up to about 10 m in height It grows in moist part of srilanka below 1200 m altitude. The taste of Amla is sour, bitter and astringent, and is quite fibrous. 

 

 02. Nika

Verbenaceae

Vitex negundo 

Chaste Tree   E

Nika             S

Nocchi         T

Chaste tree can be described as a cross between a shrub and a tree with a single woody stem (trunk). It can grow up to five meters tall., Violet flowers on new growth from June to September. Flowers are the smallest of the commonly grown Vitex species. The leaves are used as a mosquito repellent

 

03. Ranawara

Caesalpiniaceae

Cassia auriculata

Matara tea T

Avaram   T

Ranawara   S

Tanner's Cassia is a branched shrub, growing up to 1-1.5 m high. It has a smooth reddish brown bark.  Flowers yellow

04. Niyagala

Liliaceae

Gloriosa superba 

Glory Lily, Gloriosa lily   E

Niyagala        S

Kallappai kilangu   T

 Found in all part of the island Glory Lily is a most unusual and splendid flower, Tubers are poisonous.

05. Sudu hadun 

Santalaceae

Santalum album

Sandalwood, Indian sandalwood,  E

Suduhadun        S

Chandanam    T

Sandalwood is an evergreen tree, growing up to 4-9 m tall. The trees have a long life, and may live up to one hundred years of age.  The plant parasitises the roots of other tree species, but without major detriment to its hosts. medicine, sandalwood oil is considered an excellent sedating agent.

06. Komarika

Asphodelaceae

Aloe vera

Burn plant  E

Komarika   S

Kathalai      T

Aloe, a popular houseplant, has a long history as a multipurpose folk remedy. Commonly known as Aloe vera, the plant can be snapped off and placed on cuts and burns for immediate relief. Aloe vera is a clump forming succulent whose fleshy gray-green leaves are arranged in a vase shaped rosette atop a very short stem. The leaves are up to 18 in long and 2 in wide 

07. Kamaranka

Oxalidaceae

Averrhoa carambola

Carambola, Star fruit  E

Kamaranka            S

Tamarattai         T

A slow growing small tropical tree, no more than 25 feet tall, originally from Southeast Asia (Indonesia) The green leaflets are sensitive to light and fold inward at night. It has small, pink colored flowers with a dark-red heart. year-round. When sliced in cross section a perfect star is formed. Carambola is eaten fresh or in fruit salads. 

08. Aralu 

Combretaceae

Terminalia chebula

Myrobalan  E

Aralu                           S  

Chebulic Myrobalan can reach heights of 20 meters. This tree yields smallish, ribbed and nut-like fruits which are picked up when still green and then pickled, boiled with a little added sugar in their own syrup or used in preserves or concotions. The seed of the fruit, which has an elliptical shape, is an abrasive pit enveloped by a fleshy and firm pulp.

 

09. Katu karadu

Acanthaceae

Barleria lupulina 

Hophead, Philippine Violet  E

Ranwan katukaradu   S

Hophead is a popular medicinal plant distributed in many part of the island. Shrubbery plant with single dark green leaves, red-brown branches, and flowers that bloom in upright spikes. It is an erect shrub with smooth, hairless stems and leaves. wide. Flowers occur in a terminal spike with overlapping bracts which are broadly ovate corolla tube

 

10. Sadikka

Myristicaceae

Myristica fragrans

Nutmeg    E

Sadikka   S

The nutmeg tree is a large evergreen native to the Moluccas (the Spice Islands) and is now cultivated in the West Fruit used as a spice is also the seed