Systematic Classification: Common Name: Aaval General Information: It is arge deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, whitish-grey, smooth; blaze yellowish-grey, streaked with light brown; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, scarious; petiole 5-10 mm, stout, pubescent; lamina 6-12.5 x 2.5-6.5 cm, ovate-oblong, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base rounded or subcordate, apex […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Minnari, Ungu, Pungu General Information: Evergreen trees, to18 m high, bark 10-12 mm thick, surface grey, smooth, speckled with brown; blaze-yellow; branchlets lenticellate. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, small, oblong, cauducous; rachis 10-15 cm long, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; leaflets 5-7, opposite, estipellate; petiolule 6-10 mm; slender, pubescent; leaflet 4.5-12 x 2-7 […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Karinyaral, Karinjaval, Kattunjaval, Karinjara General Information: Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 8-10 mm thick, surface yellowish-white, granulated, peeling off in small flakes; outer part of the inner bark fibrous, pale pink; blaze brown; branches slender, terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous, pellucid-dotted; […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Alexandrian laurel, Balltree, Beach touriga, Red poon. General Information: Calophylluminophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, mastwood, beach calophyllum, beautyleaf or Sinhala.It is native to tropical Asia and Wallacea. Due to its importance as a source of timber for the traditional shipbuilding of large outrigger ships, it has been […]