Thursday, September 28, 2017

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
 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Wela/Cleome gynandra









Botanical name:-Cleome gynandra
English name:-Wild spider flower
Tamil names :-taivelai, nalvelai, velai, acakanta
Sanskirt name :-Ajagandha

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Commelina benghalensis/Diya meneriya






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

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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


Scoparia dulcis/wal koththamalli




wal koththamalli
Botanical name:- Scoparia dulcis
Family name:-SCROPHULARIACEAE
English name :
Sinhala name:-Wal koththamalli

Monday, September 11, 2017

Abelmoschus moschatus/Musk mallow

 



















Kapukinissa
Botanical name:- Abelmoschus moschatus
Family name:-MALVACEAE
English name:- Musk mallow
Sinhala name:-KapukinissaTamil names :-Varttilai kasturi

Sanskirt name: - latakasturika

Tabernaemontana divaricate/wathusudda

Botanical name: Tabernaemontana divaricate Family :Apocynaceae Names in different languages: Sinhala: wathusudda Englis...