Modern fertilizer-based agriculture has been able to feed the people by increasing yields byĪ factor of five to six over the traditonal methods of farming using ancient seeds, or so-called Many of our forestsĪnd thier biodiversity have been lost due to the opening up of tea, rubber and coconut plantations,Īnd then the arrival of massive irrigation schemes like the Gal Oya and Mahaweli program. The West learnt of itsīiodiversity through great 18th century botanists like Carl Linnaeus (Swedish)Īnd Johannes Burman (Dutch). Over 3,300 species of vascular plants, of which some 30% are endemic. It has nearly 800 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. The links of the ecology to the land's socio-culture, and its people. Go to list of herbal preparations, e.g., 'Pas-panguwa'Ĭlick for Sinhala Names → Botanical names Send questions & comments to the website email: ,Īlternative e-mail: Lanka is a rare treasure of flora and fauna. Click the first letter of the botanical name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.Please respect the effort that has been put in. Use of the material for non-commercial scholarly and academic purposes is acceptable and we appreciate your acknowledgment. The material in all pages of this website is copyright material, and reproducing it and/or extracting material for commercial purposes or web-republication, without due permission and acknowledgment are considered an infringement. To search this table simply use the 'search' function of your browser (e.g, use 'Edit', then 'Find' or Ctrl+F) and type in the plant/herb name (botanical or local language), or any word (e.g., diabetes ) you are looking for in the dialogue box that opens up. Ethno-botany, an adjunct to Place-Names studies

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