Category: Know our Plant

Argyreia nervosa(Burm.f.)Bojer

Systematic Classification: Common Names: Baby woodrose, Elephant climber, Elephant creeper, Elephant ear vine, Elephant vine, Hawaiian baby woodrose, Silver morning glory, Wood rose, Woodrose, Woolly morning glory. General Information: This species is a weed of tropical and sub-tropical habitats, including rainforests, open woodlands, roadsides, distrubed sites and waste areas. A robust climber that grow up […]

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Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.

Systematic Classification: Common name: Hirsute Artocarpus,Aini,Wild jack, Anjili,Ayani,Anniliayari. General information: Artocarpus hirsutus, commonly known as wild jack,is a tropical evergreen tree species that is native to India, primarily in Kerala, but also in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, where it prefers moist, deciduous to partially evergreen woodlands.The Artocarpus hirsutus grows in altitudes ranging from sea […]

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Alpinia calcarata Rosc

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Snap ginger General Information: Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) is a rhizomatous plant widely used as systemic medicinal sources in Sri Lanka. The mature rhizomes are branched and dense with a light to dark brown color. The leaf of the plant is simple, alternative, 25-32 cm long, 2.5-5 cm broad .The flowers […]

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Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.

Systematic classification: Common Name: Black cutch, karungali, kamugu, paku,baga. General Information : Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It comprises a group of plant genera native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin […]

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