Pamburu
Pamburu Scientific name: Pamburus missionisPrevious name used in the website:Family name: RUTACEAELocal name: PamburuDescription: A small tree, up to 12 m tall; the bark thick, fissured; inner bark straw to pinkish; spines straight. Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long; petiole to 8 mm long. Fruit globose, 1-2-seeded.Status: NativeEdible parts: FruitAyurvedic Treatments- SwellingFracturesPilesFistulaPuerperal diseasesSerpent venom PARTS USED […]
Perumkayam
Botanical name –Ferula foetidaFamily name -UmbellifereaeEnglish name – AsafoetidaSanskrit names – Hingu, Ramata, Atyugra, Jantughna, Sahasravedhi, Jantuka, Ramata,Bhutanashaka, Supadhupaka, Rakshoghna.Singhalese name- PerumkayamParts used – LatexProperties:Rasa KatuGuna Laghu, Tikshna, Snigdha, SaraVeerya UshnaVipaka Katu Attributes / Karma:Alleviates Vata, Kapha. Vitiates Pitta.Promote […]
Sanjeewani
Scientific name: Actinopteris dichotomaFamily name: PTERIDACEAEEnglish name: Peacock & acutes tailLocal name: Sanjeewani (සංජීවනී) Status: NativeEdible parts: NoneAyurvedic Treatments- DysenteryHaemoptysisHaematemesisLeprosySkin diseasesDiabetes mellitusFever PARTS USED IN TREATMENT: Whole plant RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: CoolingAnthelminticHemostaticAntileproticFebrifuge
Dumkola
Scientific name: Nicotiana tabacumFamily name: SOLANACEAEEnglish name: TobaccoLocal name: Dum kolaDescription: An annual herb, up to 2.5m high; all parts sticky, covered with short viscid-glandular hairs, which exude a yellow secretion containing nicotine. Leaves varied in size, the lower leaves are the largest up to 60 cm long, decurrent at the base, the following leaves […]
Thunpath Kurudu
Scientific name: Cinnamomum verumPrevious name used in the website:Family name: LAURACEAEEnglish name: CinnamonLocal name: Kurundu (කුරුඳු)Sanskrit name: TvakConservation status: Vulnerable (NCS 2012)Description: A moderate-sized tree; bark rather thick, reddish; buds finely silky. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, 7.5-25 cm long, strongly 3- or 5-nerved; petiole 1.2-2.5 cm long. Flowers numerous; perianth about 3 mm diameter, silky. […]
Wal Kahabiliya
Wel Kahambiliya Scientific name: Tragia hispidaFamily name: EUPHORBIACEAELocal name: Wel kahambiliya (වැල් කහඹිලියා)Conservation status: LC (NCS)-2012Description: Perennial, climbing or twining herb, hispid with stinging hairs, moecious; stem elongate slender. Leaves long-petiolate, lamina 5.5-8 x 1.25-4 cm, elongate-deltoid, shallowly cordate at base, more or less regularly serrate; petiole 1.25-3.5 cm long. Inflorescences in terminal, axillary, androgynous […]
Yakwanassa
Scientific name: Anisomeles indicaFamily name: LAMIACEAELocal name: Yakwanassa (යක්වනස්ස)Conservation status: LC (NCS) 2012Description: Perennial herb, to 1.9 m tall, stems 4-angular, grooved on opposite sides, densely villous-pilose. Leaves 3.2-10 x 3.1-8 cm; petioles 1-7.5 cm long. Spikes 8-38 cm long, peduncles villous-pilose. Cracts subulate, 6 mm long; corolla to 17 mm long, tube to 7 […]
Rudraksha
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Oxalidales Family: Elaeocarpaceae Genus: Elaeocarpus Species: E. ganitrus Binomial name Elaeocarpus ganitrus
Niyangala
Niyangala Scientific name: Gloriosa superba Family name: COLCHICACEAE English name: Glory lily Local name: Niyangala (නියඟලා) Sanskrit name: Langalii Conservation status: Least concerned (NCS 2012) Description: Semi-woody, herbaceous, perennial, branching climber, reaching up to about 5 m height; 1-4 stems arise from a single V-shaped fleshy cylindrical tuber. Leaves sessile, 5-15 cm long, 4-5 cm […]
Nagabala
Nagabala Scientific name: Sida spinosa Family name: MALVACEAE Local name: Nagabala Description: Annual or perennial undershrub, erect to c. 0.5 m tall. leaves; lamina 1 – 4 X 0.3 – 2.2 cm, ovate to oblong, or lanceolte to linear, obtuse t apex, base subtruncate to rounded, rarely orbicular, coarsely crenate-serrate, minutely stellate on both surfaces, […]
