Trees & Shrubs Observed at Wilpattu National Park Photo Gallery

(Names based on “A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka by Mark S. Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D.Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundara, and Common wayside trees of Sri Lanka by H.D.Ratnayake & S.P.Ekanayake”)

* Endemic

Trees

  1. Amba (S) Mango (E) Mangifera indica
  2. Baobab (E) Adansonia
  3. Burutha (S) Satinwood (E) Chloroxylon swietenia
  4. Daluk (S) Fleshy Spurge (E) Euphorbia antiquorum
  5. Divul (S) Wood Apple (E) Limonia acidissima
  6. Ehela (S) Golden Shower Tree (E) Cassia fistula
  7. Gal Seru (S)
  8. Gal Weera, Eta Weera (S) Gardner’s Drypetes (E), Drypetes gardneri
  9. Goda Kirilla (S) Indian elm (E) Holoptelea integrifolia
  10. Guru Keena (S) Calophyllum calaba*
  11. Ila Paththa (S) Maba buxifolia
  12. Indi (S) Wild Date Palm (E) Phoenix farinifera
  13. Kaha pethan (S) Bauhinia tomentosa
  14. Kaluwara (S) Ebony (E) Diospyros ebenum
  15. Katu Imbul (S) Silk Cotton Tree (E) Bombax ceiba
  16. Keeriya (S) Acasia leocuphloea
  17. Kiri Koon (S) Walsura trifoliolata
  18. Kobbe (S) Titberry Tree (E) Allophylus cobbe
  19. Kohomba (S) Margosa (E) Azadirachta indica
  20. Kone (S) Schleichera oleosa
  21. Kumbuk (S) Terminalia arjuna
  22. Lunu Warna (S), Garlic Pear Tree (E), Crataeva adansonii
  23. Madan (S) Syzygium cumini
  24. Madu (S) Cycas circinalis
  25. Maliththan (S) Mustard Tree (E) Savadora persica
  26. Mee (S) Madhuca longifolia
  27. Mila (S) Bauhinia racemosa
  28. Moona Mal (S) Spanish Cherry Tree (E) Mimusops elengi
  29. Mora (S) Dragon’s eye fruit (E) Dimocarpus longan
  30. Nuga (S) Banyan (E) Ficus benghalensis
  31. Nurai (T) Dimocarpus gardinari*
  32. Palu (S) Manilkara hexandra
  33. Pana (S) Cassipourea ceylanica
  34. Pulima Hard-fruit Alphonsea (E) Alphonsea sclerocarpa
  35. Siyambala (S) Tamarind (E) Tamarindus indica
  36. Tal (S) Palmyra Palm (E) Borassus flabellifer
  37. Tammenna (S) Mischodon zeylanicus
  38. Thelambu (S) Sterculia foetida
  39. Thimbiri (S) Diospyros malabarica
  40. Ulkenda (S) Polyalthai korintu
  41. Wal Waraka (S) Casearia zeylanica
  42. Weera (S) Drypetes sepiaria
  43. Welang (S) Pterospermum suberifolium
  44. Wewarani (S) Nelthare (E), Alceodaphne semecarpifolia
  45. Yakada Maran (S) Syzygium zeylanicum

Shrubs

  1. Agil (S) Erythroxylum monogynum
  2. Andara (S) Sickle Bush (E) Dichrostachys cinerea
  3. Bol-Pana (S), Orange berry, Gin Berry, Rum Berry (E), Glycosmis mauritiana
  4. Eraminiya (S) Ziziphus oenoplia
  5. Heen Eraminiya (S) Zizyphus oenoplia
  6. Heen Thambala (S) Carmona retusa
  7. Himbutu Salacia chinensis
  8. Kapukinissa (S) Abelmoschus sp.
  9. Kara (S) Canthium coromandelicum
  10. Katu-pila (S) Flueggia leucopyrus
  11. Kora Kaha (S) Blue Mist (E) Memecylon umbellatum
  12. Kukuruman (S) Catunaregam spinosa
  13. Meegon Karapincha Clausena indica
  14. Podi Sigho Maran Chromolaena odorata 
  15. Radaliya (S) Connarus monocarpus
  16. Ranawara (S) Cassia auriculata
  17. Ratmal (S) Ixora coccinea
  18. Wal Pichcha (S) Jasminum angustifolium
  19. Wara (S) Calotropis gigantean
  20. Yakinaran (S) Atalantia ceylanica

Vines

  1. Wal Anoda, Yakada Anoda (S) Uvaria sphenocarpa Vine with bright orange fruits.
  2. Reissantia indica (earlier Hippocratea indica) The vine which is split into many at the lower parts.
  3. Himbutu Salacia chinenssis