Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kablivetti or Lodh. General Information: Symplocos is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contain about 300 species distributed in Asia and America. Family symplocaceae plants in this family are shrubs and tress with white or yellow flower. The yellow-tipped white flowers are 10 mm long and occur […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Citron General Information: Citrus medic is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind.Shrub or small tree to 3 m. high, with stout spines. Leaves elliptic, 8–20 cm. long, 3–9 cm. broad, serrate; petiole short, wingless and not articulated with lamina. Inflorescence of axillary few-flowered racemes; flowers 3–4 cm. in […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree. General Information: Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka. It is usually 10 to 15 m in height and is a slow-growing plant. The leaves are ovate-oblong in shape, flowers are greenish in colour and are arranged in panicles, and the […]
Systematic classification: Common Name: Kaletala,Mala Elengi,Perumbal, Malabar Fringe Tree. General Information: Small trees up to 8 m tall. Bark grey, smooth shining, covered with raised corky lenticels; blaze dull orange. Young branchlets subterete, glabrous, whitish. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-14.5 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate or […]