Family – Celastraceae. 9 genera in Sri Lanka
52.01. BHESA Buch.-Ham. ex Arn.
B.ceylanica (Arn. ex Thw.) Ding Hou [Kurrimia ceylanica Arn.] S:et-heraliya,palen, pelang, uru-honda T.konnai
B.nitidissima Kosterm.
C.balae Kosterm. S.nareloo, neraloo T:perun, piyaree
C.congylos Kosterm. [Elaeodendron glaucum var. montanum Thw.]
C.glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze [Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.] S:neralu T:piyari, perunpiyari
52.03. CELASTRUS L.
C.paniculatus Willd. S:duhundu
52.04 EUONYMUS L.
E.revolutus Wight
E.thwaitesii Lawson
E.walkeri Wight
52.05. GLYPTOPETALUM Thw.
G.zeylanicum Thw. var. zeylanicum
52.06. KOKOONA Thw.
K.zeylanica Thw. S:kokun, wana-potu
52.07. MAYTENUS Molina
M.emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou [Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thw.]
M.fruticosa (Thw.) Loes. [Gymnosporia fruticosa (Thw.) Thw.]
52.08. MICROTROPIS Wall, ex Meissner
M.wallichiana Wight ex Thw.
M.zeylanica Merr. & Freem. [Microtropis ramijlora sensu Thw. non Wight]
52.09. PLEUROSTYLIA Wight & Arn.
P.opposita (Wall.) Alston [Pleurostylia wightii Wight & Arn.] S: panakka, piyari T.chiru piyari
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