Created by Jayaindra Fernando – For heritage and conservation.
Genera – Drypetes and Excoecaria
Name
Drypetes gardneri
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Common names
Weera, Gal weera වීර, ගල් වීර
Origin
Endemic
Habit
Large tree
Climatic zone
Dry zone forest, scrub
NCS
IUCN
IUCN not assessed
Comment
Leaf edge can be crenate. Leaves have wide variation and overlap between Drypetes gardneri and Drypetes sepiaria.
Reference
R11-264
Name
Drypetes sepiaria
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Common names
Weera වීර
Origin
Native
Habit
Large tree
Climatic zone
Dry zone forest, scrub
NCS
IUCN
Comment
Leaf apex can be emarginate. Leaves have wide variation and overlap between Drypetes gardneri and Drypetes sepiaria.
Reference
R11-261
Excoecaria agallocha , Family-Euphobiaceae , Common name-Talakiriya, telkiriya, තලකිරිය, තෙල්කිරිය , Origin-Native , Habit-Small tree , Ecology-Mangrove ,Comment-Leaf alternate, crenulate, inflorescence male and female, fruit three lobed., Reference-RF9- 188
Maintained for the benefit of all naturalists interested in the flora of Sri Lanka. This page is dedicated to great people who documented & brought flora of Sri Lanka to the student as well as the lay Sri Lankans over the years, namely Henry Trimen, A H G Alston & Joseph Dalton Hooker(1893-1931), Susan George Pulimood & Anna K Joshua (1941),Dorothy Fernando (1953), T B Worthington (1958), M D Dassanayaka & F R Fosberg (1980), W D Clayton (1995), Mark Ashton, Savithri Gunathilake, Neela de Zoysa, Nimal Gunathilake & Siril Wijesundara (1997) and many more….