Nepenthes distillatoria , Family-Nepenthaceae , Common name-Bandura, Pitcher plant, බාන්දුරා , Origin-Endemic , Habit-Creeper , Ecology-RF ,Comment-Called by Jacob Breyne as Bandura zingalensium in 1680 till Linnieus changed the name.
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….
Scientific advisory team – Dr Asanga Wijethunga,
