Tabernaemontana divaricate/wathusudda

Botanical name: Tabernaemontana divaricate
Family :Apocynaceae
Names in different languages:
Sinhala: wathusudda
English : Pinwheelflower, crape jasmine
Tamil :Nandiar vattai ,
Sanskrit:

jasminum officinale/Saman pichcha

Botanical name:-jasminum officinale
Family name:- OLEACAE
English name:-Spanish jasmine
Sinhala name:-Saman pichcha
Tamil name :-Kotimalligai / Pichi
Sanskirt name :-Jati / Malati

Rauvolfia serpentina/Ekaveriya

Botanical Name :- Rauvolfia serpentina
Family name:-Apocynaceae
English Name:-Indian Snakeroot
Local name:-Ekaveriya

lantana camara var.aculeata / Rata hinguru/ Gandapana .

 

 Botanical Name :- lantana camara var.aculeata
Family name:-VERBENACEAE
English Name:-Shrub verbena
Local name:- Rata hinguru, Gandapana .
Tamil name:- Puchedi, arippu, Unnichedi
SanskritName:- Bhandika, Bhandira

Datura metel/Ela attana

Botanical name:--Datura metel

Family name:-SOLANACEAE

Sinhala name:-Ela attana

Tamil names :-Vellaiyumattai,Ayigam, Oomathai, Mathai. Mattai

Sanskirt name :Datura, sveta-dhaturah

 

Slender Dwarf Morning Glory/Evolvulus alsinoides

 Botanical name:-Evolvulus alsinoides

Family name:-CONVOLVULACEAE Convolvulaceae

English names:- Dwarf Morning Glory, Slender Dwarf Morning Glory.

Sinhala name:-Nil Vishnukranthi

Wela/Cleome gynandra

Botanical name:-Cleome gynandra

English name:-Wild spider flower

Tamil names :-taivelai, nalvelai, velai, acakanta

Sanskirt name :-Ajagandha

Commelina benghalensis/Diya meneriya

Botanical name-Commelina benghalensis
Family name:-COMMELINACEAE
English name-Whiskered commelina
Sinhala name:-Diya meneriya

Niyagala

Wada mal

Hibiscus surattensis /Heen Napiriththa

 














 Botanical Name :-  Hibiscus surattensis 
Family name:- : Malvaceae 
English Name: : Bush Sorrel - 
Local name:- Heen Napiriththa 
Tamil name:- Kashlikirai, kattuppuliccai 

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis/Sepalika

 



















Botanical name:-
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Family name:-NYCTANTHACEAE  
English name:- Sinhala
 name:-Sepalika  
Tamil name :-paricatam, parijata
Sanskirt name :-sephalika, Parijath

Moringa oleifera/Murunga

Botanical name:- Moringa oleifera
 Family name:-MORINGACEAE
English name :-Drumstick Tree
Sinhala name:-Murunga
Tamil name :-murunkai, murungai
Sanskirt name:-sigru- sobhanjana

Argyreia populiolia/Girithilla

 


















Botanical name:-Argyreia populiolia
 Family name:-CONVOLVULACEA
 English name:- Elephant creeper,Woolly Morning Glory 
Local name:- Girithilla 
Tamil name:- kakkatan, katar-palai, samuttira-p-pal
Sanskirt name :-, vriddadaru, Vidhara, murva,

Murraya paniculata/Etteriya

Botanical name:- Murraya paniculata
Family name:-RYTACEAE 
English name:-Lime berry
Sinhala name:-Etteriya
Tamil name :-cimaikkonci, konci