Family –  Lauraceae

106. LAURACEAE

106.01. ACTINODAPHNE Nees

A.albifrons Kosterm.

A.ambigua (Meissner) Hook. f. [Actinodaplme pisifera Hook, f.]

A.candolleana (Thw.) Meissner [Actinodaplme speciosa var. candelleana Thw.]

A.elegans Thw.

A.glauca Nees var. subtriplinervis (Meissner) Kosterm.

A.molochina Nees

A.moonii Thw. [Actinodaplme molochina var. moonii (Thw.) Hook, f.]

A.speciosa Nees E:elephants’ ears

A.stenophylla Thw. S:nika-daula

106.02. ALSEODAPHNE Nees

A.semecarpifolia Nees  S:wewarani T.ranai, yavaranai

106.03. BEILSCHMIED1A Nees

B.zeylanica (Thw.) Trimen  S:kanu

106.04. CASSYTHA L.

C.capillaris Meissner R

C.filiformis L.

106.05. CINNAMOMUM Schaeffer

C.camphora (L.) Presl* Examphor

C.capparu-coronde Blume Examphor cinnamon S:kappuru-kurundu

C.citriodorum Thw. S.pengiri-kurundu

C.dubium Nees [Cinnamomum multiflorum (Roxb.) Wight] S:sewel-kurundu, wal-kurudu

C.litseaefolium Thw. S.kudu-kurundu

C.ovalifolium Wight

C.rivulorum Kosterm.

C.sinharajaense Kosterm.

C.verum J. Presl [Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume] Exinnamon S.’kurundu T:kuruva, kuruwu

106.06. CRYPTOCARYA R. Br.

C.membranacea Thw. S:gal-mora, tawenna

C.wightiana Thw. S:gal-mora, golu-mora

106.07. LITSEA Lam.

L.fosbergii Kosterm.

L.gardneri (Thw.) Meissner S:talan

L.glaberrima (Thw.) Trimen

L.glutinosa (Lour.) C. B. Robinson  [Litsea chinensis Lam.] S:bombee, bomee T:elumpurukki, maida-lakti

L.iteodaphne (Nees) Hook. f.  S:kalu-nika

L.Iigustrina (Nees) Kosterm.  [Litsea undulata Hook, f.]

L.longifolia (Nees) Tri men  [Litsea hookeriana (Meissner) Hook, f.] [Litsea cauliflora (Moon) Trimen] S:rat-keliya

L.nemoralis (Thw.) Trimen

L.ovalifoIia (Wight) Trimen

L.quinqueflora (Dennst.) C. R. Suresh  [Litsea tomentosa Nees.] [Litsea deccanensis Gamble] S:kosbada, landittan

L.walkeri (Meissner) Trimen

106.08. NEOLITSEA (Benth. & Hook, f.) Merr.

N.cassia (L.) Kosterm.  [Litsea zeylanica C. G. & Fr. Nees] Erwild cinnamon S:dawul-kurundu, kudu-dawula

N.foliosa (Nees) Gamble  [Utsea zeylanica C. G. & Fr. Nees] [Litsea zeylanica var. rubrinervia Meissner]

N.fuscata (Thw.) AIston  [Litsea fuscata Thw.]

N.lancifolia (Thw.) Kosterm. [Lindera lancifolia (Thw.) Trimen]

106.09. PERSEA Miller

P.americaiia Miller* [Persea gratissima Gaertn.] E:alligator pear, avacado

P.macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.  [Machilus macrantha Nees] S:ululu

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