Family – Arecaceae (=Palmae)
- ARECACEAE (=PALMAE)
A.catechu L. E:areca-nut, betel-nut S:puwak, puwak-gaha T:kamukai, paakku
A.concinna Thw. S:lenatheriya, lenteri, lenteri-puwak
22.02. BORASSUS L.
B.flabellifer L. E.palmyrah S:tal T:panai
C.digitatus Becc. ex Becc. & Hook. f. S:kukulu-wel
C.ovoideus Thw. ex Trimen S:sudu-wewel, tambutu-wel, thudarena
C.pachystemonus Thw. S:kukulu-wel
C.pseudotenuis Becc. ex Becc. & Hook. f. S: heen-wewel, kola-hangala
C.rivalis Thw. ex Trimen S:ela-wel, ela-wewel, kaha-wewel
C.rotang L. S:heen-wewel, polonnaru-wewel, wewel T:pirambu
C.thwaitesii Becc. ex Becc. & Hook. f. S:kath-wel, ma-wewel, puwak wel, wanduru-wel T:periya-pirambu
C.zeylanicus Becc. ex Becc. & Hook. F S:thambotu-wel
C.urens L. E:fish-tail palm, kitul palm S:kitul T:kitul tippilipana
22.05. COCOS L.
COCOS L
C.nucifera L. E.coconut, king coconut S:pol, pol-gaha, thambili, kurumba, wewera T.tennai, thengai
22.06. CORYPHA L.
C.umbraculifera L.*. E:talipot palm S:tala, talpath T.conda-pani
22.07. CYRTOSTACHYS Blume
C.renda Blume* E:sealing-wax palm
22.08. DAEMONOROPS Blume ex Schult. f.
D.jenkinsiana (Griffith) Mart.*
22.09. ELAEIS Jacq.
E.guineensis Jacq.* E:African oil palm
22.10. LICUALA Thunb.
L.grandis H. Wendl.* E:ruffled fan palm
22.11. LIVISTONA R. Br.
L.chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart.* E:Chinese fan palm
22.12. LOXOCOCCUS H. Wendl. & Drude
L.rupicola (Thw.) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Hook. f. S:dothalu, dotalu-gass, ran-dotalu
22.13. NYPASteck
N.fruticans Wurmb E:water-coconut S:gin-pol
O.fasciculatum Thw. S:katu-kitul, rata-kitui
P.dactylifera L.* E.date palm S:rata-indi T:perichchambalam
P.pusilla Gaertn. [Phoenix zeylanica Trimen] S:indi T:inchu
P.sylvestris (L.) Roxb.* Srindi
22.16. ROYSTONEA O. F. Cook
R.regia (Kunth) Cook* [Oreodoxa regia Kunth] E:Royal palm
22.17. WASHINGTONIA H. Wendl.
W.robusta Wendl.* E:fan palm
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
