Family – Apocynaceae – 26 genera in Sri Lanka
16.01. AGANOSMA G.Don
A.cymosa (Roxb.) G. Don var. elegans (G. Don) Hook. f.
16.02. ALLAMANDA L.
A.cathartica L. S:wel-ruk-attana
A.macrophylla Wall, ex G. Don S:avarai-nuga, havari-nuga T:velai-maram
A.scholaris (L.) R. Br. S:eth-mada, ruk-attana T:elilaipattai, elilaippalai, mukampelai
16.04. ANODENDRON A. DC.
A.paniculatum (Roxb.) A. DC.] [Anodendron manubriatum Merr*.] S:as-wel, dul, girandi-dul
A.rhinosporum Thw.
C.carandas L. S:maha-karamba T:kalaka, perunkila
C.grandiflora A. DC. * E:Natal plum S:damson T:damson
C.spinarum L. S:heen-karamba T:chiru-kila, chiru-kula, kilatti
16.06. CATHARANTHUS G. Don
C.pusillus (Murr.) G. Don [Vmca pusilla Murr.]
C.roseus(L.) G. Don [Vinca rosea L.] E:Madagascar periwinkle S:mini-mal
C.odollam Gaertn. S:gon-kaduru T:nangi-ma
16.08. CHONEMORPHA G. Don
C.fragrans (Moon) Alston [Chonemorpha macrophylla (Roxb.) G. Don] S: bu-kiri-wel, bulu-wal-anguna, bu-wal-anguna
16.09. CLEGHORNIA Wight
C.acuminata Wight [Baissea acuminata (Wight) Hook, f.]
16.10. HOLARRHENA R. Br.
H.mitis (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. S: kalinda, kiri-mawara, kiri-walla Tkuluppalai
16.11. HUNTERIA Roxb.
H.zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thw. [Hunteria corymbosa Roxb.] S:mediya, wal-mediya
16.12. ICHNOCARPUS R. Br.
I.frutescens (L.) R. Br. S:gerandi dul, gerandi-wel, gopi, kiri-wel, priyawarna
16.13. KOPSIA Blume
K.fruticosa (Ker-Gawl.) A. DC*
16.14. NERIUM L.
N.oleander L* E:oleander S:kaneru T:alari
16.15. OCHROSIA Juss.
O.oppositifolia (Lam.) Schum. [Ochrosia borbonica Thw.] S:gonna, mudu-kaduru
16.17.PARSONSIA R.Br.
P.alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb. [Parsonia laevigata (Moon) Alston] [Parsonia spiralis Wall.] S:kiri-anguna, val-anguna
16.18. PETCHIA Livera
P.ceylanica (Wight) Livera [Alyxia zeylanica Wight] S:kukul-kaduru, wal-kaduru, wasa-kaduru
16.19. PLUMERIA L.
P.obtusa L* E: temple tree S:araliya
P.rubraL* [Plumeria acutifolia Poir.] E:frangipani, temple tree S:araliya
16.20. RAUVOLFIA L.
R.densiflora (Wall.) Benth. ex Hook. f.
R.serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz S:ekaweriya, nakula, rath-ekaweriya Txhivan-ampelpodi, covannamilpori
16.21. TABERNAEMONTANA L.
T.divaricata (L.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.* [Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Alston] [Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.] E:grape jasmine S:nada-wata, thagara, watu-sudda T:nandi-battai
16.22. THEVETIA L.
T.peruviana (Pers.) Merr.* R4:29
16.23. VALLARIS Burm. f.
V.glabra (L.) Kuntze* [Vallaris pergulana Burm. f.]
V.solanacea (Roth) Kuntze [Vallaris heynii Spreng.]
16.24. WALIDDA (A. DC.) M. Pichon
W.antidysenterica (L.) M. Pichon [Wrightia zeylanica (L.) R. Br.] S:idda, kelidha, sudu-idda, wal-idda
16.25. WILLUGHBEIA Roxb.
W.cirrhifera Abeywick. [Willughbeia ceylanica (Wight) Thw.] S:kiri-gedi, kiri-wel
16.26. WRIGHTIA R. Br.
W.angustifoIia Thw. T:velai-pal-madankai
W.arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. [Wrightia tomentosa Roem. & Schult.] T:pal-madankai
W.flavido-rosea Trimen
W.puberula (Thw.) Ngan
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
