Family – Annonaceae – 17 genera in Sri Lanka
13.01. ALPHONSEA Hook. f. & Thorns.
A.hortensis H. Huber [Alphonsea lutea sensu Thw.]
A.sclerocarpaThw.
A.zeylanica Hook. f. & Thorns.
13.02. ANAXAGOREA St. Hil.
A.luzonensis A. Gray
13.03. ANNONA L.
A.cherimola Miller* E:cherimoyer S:anoda
A.glabra L.
A.muricata L* E:soursop S:katu-anoda, katu-attha, rata-anoda T:sitha
A.reticulata L* E:bullock’s heart S:anoda, attha, rata-sitha, weli-attha T:ramsitha
A.squamosa L.* E:custard-apple, sweet-sop, sugar-apple S:anona, sini-attha T:sita-pallum, sittapan
13.04. ARTABOTRYS R. Br.
A.hexapetalus (L. f.) Bhandari [Artabotrys odoratissimus R. Br.] S:yakada-wel
A.zeylanicus Hook. f. & Thorns. S:kalu-bambara-wel, patika-wel, yakada-wel
13.05. CANANGA Hook. f. & Thorns.
C.odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thorns. E:Macassar oil, ylang-ylang, S:rata-sapu, wana-sapu
13.06. CYATHOCALYX Champ, ex Hook. f. & Thorns.
C.zeylanica Champ, ex Hook. f. & Thorns. S:i-petta, kekala, kotula
13.07. DESMOS Lour.
D.chinensis Lour.* [Unona discolor Vahl]
D.elegans (Thw.) Safford [Unona elegans Thw.] S:kudu-mirissa, kukurman
D.zeylanica (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Safford [Unona zeylanica Hook. f. & Thorns.]
13.08. ENICOSANTHIFM Becc.
E.acuminata (Thw.) Airy Shaw [Polyalthia acuminataThw.] S:ini-pettu, i-pettu, mal-lawulu, malolu
13.09. GONIOTHALAMUS Hook. f. & Thorns.
G.gardneri Hook. f. & Thorns. S:kalu-kera
G.hookeri Thw.
G.salicina Hook. f. & Thorns. subsp. reticulata (Thw.) H. Huber [Goniothalamus reticulata Thw.] subsp. salicina
G.thomsonii Thw.
G.thwaitesii Hook. f. & Thorns. S:kalu-kera
13.10. MILIUSA Leschen. ex A. DC.
M.indica Leschen. ex A. DC. [Miliusa indica var. tomentosa (Thw.) Hook. f.| S:kekili-messa
M.tomentosa (Roxb.) Sinclair
M.zeylanica Gardner ex Hook. f. & Thorns.
13.11. MITREPHORA Hook. f. & Thorns.
M.heyneana (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Thw.
13.12. OROPHEA Blume
O.zeylanica Hook. f. & Thorns.
13.13. PHOENICANTHUS Alston
P.coriacea (Thw.) H. Huber [Bocagea coriacea (Thw.) Hook, f.] S:keku
P.obliqua (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Alston [Bocagea obliqua (Hook. f. &Thoms.) Hook, f.]
13.14. POLYALTHIA Blume
P.cerasoides (Roxb.) Beddome S:patta-ul-kenda
P.coffeoides (Thw. ex Hook. f. & Thorns.) Thw. Siomara T:katilla, nedunarai
P.korinti (Dunal) Thw. S:mi-wenna, ul-kenda T:uluvintai
P.moonii Thw.
P.persicaefolia (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Thw. R5:39
P.suberosa (Roxb.) Thw. S:kalati Trkalatti
13.15. SAGERAEA Dalz.
S.thwaitesii Hook. f. & Thorns. [Bocagea thwaitesii (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Hook, f.)
13.16. UVARIA L.
U.cordata (Dunal) Alston [Uvaria macrophylla Roxb.]
U.grandiflora Roxb.* [Uvariapurpurea Blume]
U.macropoda Hook. f. & Thorns. S:attu-muddah
U.narum (Dunal) Wall. S:pangan
U.semecarpifolia Hook. f. & Thorns. S:kara-bambara
U.sphenocarpa Hook. f. & Thorns.
U.zeylanica L. S: palanga, palu-kan T:kalu veppal, karu-veppal
13.17. XYLOPIA L.
X.championii Hook. f. & Thorns. S:dat-ketiya
X.nigricans Hook. f. & Thorns. S:heen-kenda T:see-vindai
X.parvifolia (Wight) Hook. f. & Thorns. S:atu-ketiya, netawu T:chiddavintai
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
