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Collection Holdings native to Sri Lanka:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Xylopieae

      • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Vinceae

          • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

            • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Thomsonieae

            • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

            Subfamily Lasioideae

            • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Potheae

            • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Aralioideae

              • Schefflera emarginata - Sri Lanka

              Asphodelaceae

                Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

                Balsaminaceae

                • Impatiens grandis - India, Nepal
                • Impatiens repens - Sri Lanka

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Baselleae

                  • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                  Colchicaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Colchiceae

                    • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                    Costaceae

                    • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                      • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Eleocharideae

                      • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Aleuritideae

                        • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                        Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                        Tribe Euphorbieae

                        • Euphorbia lactea - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                        • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Cassieae

                          • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                          Subfamily Faboideae
                          Tribe Desmodieae

                          • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                          Flagellariaceae

                          • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

                          Goodeniaceae

                          • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                          Hypoxidaceae

                          • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Lamioideae
                            Tribe Pogostemoneae

                            • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia
                            • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Ocimeae

                            • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                            Lauraceae

                            • Cinnamomum verum - Sri Lanka, south-west India and the Tenasserim Hills of Burma

                            Lecythidaceae

                              Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                              • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                              • Utricularia graminifolia - Sri Lanka, India to China (Yunnan)

                              Lygodiaceae

                              • Lygodium circinnatum - E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, China to southeast Asia to Pacific Islands
                              • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                Tribe Gossypieae

                                • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                                Marantaceae

                                • Indianthus virgatus - S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is.
                                • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                                Meliaceae

                                  Subfamily Melioideae
                                  Tribe Melieae

                                  • Melia azedarach - Asia, nat. in trop. America

                                  Menyanthaceae

                                  • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                  Musaceae

                                  • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                    • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Collabieae

                                    • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                    • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                    • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea

                                    Oxalidaceae

                                    • Averrhoa carambola - believed to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas

                                    Phyllanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                      • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                      Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                      Tribe Phyllantheae

                                      • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                                        • Cymbopogon citratus - S. India, Sri Lanka

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Sacchareae

                                        • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                        • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                        Polypodiaceae

                                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                          Pteridaceae

                                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                            Rubiaceae

                                              Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                              Tribe Naucleeae

                                              • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                              • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                              Rutaceae

                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                Tribe Aurantieae

                                                • Murraya koenigii - India, Sri Lanka

                                                Sapindaceae

                                                  Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                  • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                  Solanaceae

                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                    Taccaceae

                                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                    Tectariaceae

                                                    • Tectaria zeylanica - Ceylon

                                                    Vitaceae

                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                      Zingiberaceae

                                                        Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                        Tribe Alpinieae

                                                        • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C

                                                        Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                        Tribe Globbeae

                                                        • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                        • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                        • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                        • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 70 accessions native to Sri Lanka

                                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                                        = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                        = accession added within past 90 days

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