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. Divul (S) Wood Apple (E) Limonia acidissima
  5. Ehela (S) Golden Shower Tree (E) Cassia fistula
  6. Gal Seru (S)
  7. Goda Kirilla (S) Indian elm (E) Holoptelea integrifolia
  8. Guru Keena (S) Calophyllum calaba*
  9. Indi (S) Wild Date Palm (E) Phoenix farinifera
  10. Kaha pethan (S) Bauhinia tomentosa
  11. Kaluwara (S) Ebony (E) Diospyros ebenum
  12. Katu Imbul (S) Silk Cotton Tree (E) Bombax ceiba
  13. Keeriya (S) Acasia leocuphloea
  14. Kiri Koon (S) Walsura trifoliolata
  15. Kobbe (S) Titberry Tree (E) Allophylus cobbe
  16. Kohomba (S) Margosa (E) Azadirachta indica
  17. Kone (S) Schleichera oleosa
  18. Kumbuk (S) Terminalia arjuna
  19. Lunu Warna (S), Garlic Pear Tree (E), 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. Nurai (T) Dimocarpus gardinari*
  29. Palu (S) Manilkara hexandra
  30. Pana (S) Cassipourea ceylanica
  31. Pulima Hard-fruit Alphonsea (E) Alphonsea sclerocarpa
  32. Siyambala (S) Tamarind (E) Tamarindus indica
  33. Tal (S) Palmyra Palm (E) Borassus flabellifer
  34. Tammenna (S) Mischodon zeylanicus
  35. Thelambu (S) Sterculia foetida
  36. Thimbiri (S) Diospyros malabarica
  37. Ulkenda (S) Polyalthai korintu
  38. Wal Waraka (S) Casearia zeylanica
  39. Weera (S) Drypetes sepiaria
  40. Welang (S) Pterospermum suberifolium
  41. Wewarani (S) Alceodaphne semecarpifolia
  42. Yakada Maran (S) Syzygium zeylanicum

 

Shrubs

  1. Agil (S) Erythroxylum monogynum
  2. Andara (S) Sickle Bush (E) Dichrostachys cinerea
  3. Bol-Pana (S) Glycosmis angustifolia
  4. Eraminiya (S) Ziziphus oenoplia
  5. Heen Eraminiya (S) Zizyphus oenoplia
  6. Heen Thambala (S) Carmona retusa
  7. Ila Paththa (S) Maba buxifolia
  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. Podi Sigho Maran Chromolaena odorata 
  14. Radaliya (S) Connarus monocarpus
  15. Ranawara (S) Cassia auriculata
  16. Ratmal (S) Ixora coccinea
  17. Wal Pichcha (S) Jasminum angustifolium
  18. Wara (S) Calotropis gigantean
  19. 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