60 Collection Holdings native to Sri Lanka:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Andrographideae
- Andrographis paniculata
- Indian subcontinent
Acoraceae
- Acorus calamus
- Asia, N. America
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Amaryllideae
- Crinum asiaticum
- tropical Indo-Pacific
Annonaceae
Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Xylopieae
- Artabotrys hexapetalus - India
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 - Himalayas and India
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Thomsonieae
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Potheae
- Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
Araliaceae
Subfamily Aralioideae
- Schefflera emarginata - Sri Lanka
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
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
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 taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands
Hypoxidaceae
- Molineria capitulata
- tropical Asia & Australia
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Pogostemoneae
- 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
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
Meliaceae
Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Melieae
- Melia azedarach
- Asia, nat. in trop. America
Menispermaceae
Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae
- Stephania japonica
- India, China, Phillipines to Japan
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 Podochilaeae
- Dendrobium anosmum
- Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
Oxalidaceae
- Averrhoa carambola
- believed to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas
- Biophytum sensitivum
- Tropical Africa and Asia
Pentaphylacaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Ternstroemieae
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera Lynn Lowrey Dwarf - temperate to tropical Asia
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
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae
- Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
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