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

 

Shrubs

  1. Wara (S) Calotropis gigantean
  2. Heen Thambala (S) Carmona retusa
  3. Radaliya (S) Connarus monocarpus
  4. Katu-pila (S) Flueggia leucopyrus
  5. Eraminiya (S) Ziziphus oenoplia
  6. Andara (S) Sickle Bush (E) Dichrostachys cinerea
  7. Kara (S) Canthium coromandelicum
  8. Wal Pichcha (S) Jasminum angustifolium
  9. Heen Eraminiya (S) Zizyphus oenoplia
  10. Kukuruman (S) Catunaregam spinosa
  11. Ratmal (S) Ixora coccinea
  12. Yakinaran (S) Atalantia ceylanica
  13. Ila Paththa (S) Maba buxifolia
  14. Ranawara (S) Cassia auriculata
  15. Kapukinissa (S) Abelmoschus sp.
  16. Kora Kaha (S) Blue Mist (E) Memecylon umbellatum
  17. Bol-Pana (S) Glycosmis angustifolia
  18. Agil (S) Erythroxylum monogynum

 

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