Indigenous Plants In Sri Lanka

11 Jan, 2020 Posting Komentar

Flora of sri lanka. In forest canopy layer endemic plants are belonging to following families.

Sri Lanka Plant And Animal Life Britannica

Jounior Observer Sunday Observer Lk Sri Lanka

Indigenous Plants Conservation Striped Dewflower

Native flowers of sri lanka.

Indigenous plants in sri lanka. Additionally all but one of the islands more than 55 dipterocarps are confined to sri lanka. 1 native species are denoted as n introduced species as i. The indigenous foxtail orchid rhynchostylis retusa and the vesak orchid dendriobium maccarthiae are highly popular for their beauty and rarity.

In sinhala they are referred to as olu white the nil manel magenta with yellow in the middle and the nelum pink and white colors. The vegetation type of sinharaja tropical rain forest in the altitude range of between 300 1150 with a rainfall between 3500 5000 mm is a tropical lowland wet evergreen forest type. The database is continually updated with information and imagesthe project team led by prof.

In february 1986 nil manel or blue water lily nymphaea stellata though it has been recently renamed as nymphaea nouchali was chosen as the national flower. The list is according to a field guide to the common trees and shrubs of sri lanka by mark ashton savitri gunatilleke neela de zoysa md. There are 3210 flowering plants belonging to 1052 genera.

Dassanayake nimal gunatilleke and siril wijesundera. Jayatissais constantly identifying and cataloguing plants from all over sri lanka as well as photographing the plants. This electronic database of plants used in ayurveda medicine is the first of its kind a pioneering effort.

Endemic plants in sinharaja forest reserve there are about 217 endemic plants can be found in sri lanka. About 140 plant species are located in sinharaja forest reserve. 916 species and 18 genera are endemic to the island.

Mammals known only from sri lanka include the purple faced langur arkive the toque macaque arkive the red slender loris edge the golden palm civet wilpattu the sri lankan spotted mouse deer wilpattu the yellow striped mouse deer flickr layards palm squirrel arkive mayors mouse arkive the sri lankan long tailed tree mouse. Browse by clicking the category and selecting the first letter. In addition to the fields described above the database contains botanical descriptions details about ayurvedic usage and images of the plants.

Box 1 millewa horana. Barberyn ayurveda resorts and university of ruhuna department of botany have implemented this project to catalogue the indigenous ayurvedic medicinal plants in sri lanka. Diversity and endemism of plants in sri lanka are quite high.