List of common trees and shrubs of Sri Lanka

Location of Sri Lanka

The common trees and shrubs of Sri Lanka are a part of the diverse plant wildlife of Sri Lanka.

The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera.[1]

Native species are denoted as (N), Introduced species as (I)

Division: Pteridophyta

Family: Cyatheaceae

Division: Cycadophyta

Family: Cycadaceae

Division: Pinophyta

Family: Araucariaceae

Family: Cupressaceae

Family: Pinaceae

Division: Anthophyta

Subdvision: Monocotyledons

Family: Asparagaceae

Family: Poaceae

Family: Musaceae

Family: Strelitziaceae

Family: Arecaceae

Family: Pandanaceae

Division: Anthophyta

Subdvision: Magnoliids

Family: Acanthaceae

Family: Annonaceae

Family: Magnoliaceae

Family: Monimiaceae

Family: Myristicaceae

Division: Anthophyta

Subdvision: Dicotyledons

Family: Anacardiaceae

Family: Anisophylleaceae

Family: Apocynaceae

Family: Aquifoliaceae

Family: Araliaceae

Family: Aristolochiaceae

Family: Asteraceae

Family: Bignoniaceae

Family: Bixaceae

Family: Boraginaceae

Family: Boraginaceae

Family: Buxaceae

Family: Calophyllaceae

Family: Cannabaceae

Family: Capparaceae

Family: Caricaceae

Family: Casuarinaceae

Family: Celastraceae

Family: Centroplacaceae

Family: Chloranthaceae

Family: Clusiaceae

Family: Combretaceae

Family: Connaraceae

Family: Cornaceae

Family: Crypteroniaceae

Family: Daphniphyllaceae

Family: Dichapetalaceae

Family: Dilleniaceae

Family: Dipterocarpaceae

Family: Ebenaceae

Family: Elaeocarpaceae

Family: Ericaceae

Family: Erythroxylaceae

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Family: Fabaceae

Family: Gentianaceae

Family: Goodeniaceae

Family: Hernandiaceae

Family: Icacinaceae

Family: Lamiaceae

Family: Lauraceae

Family: Lecythidaceae

Family: Loganiaceae

Family: Lythraceae

Family: Malvaceae

Family: Melastomataceae

Family: Meliaceae

Family: Moraceae

Family: Moringaceae

Family: Muntingiaceae

Family: Myrtaceae

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Family: Ochnaceae

Family: Olacaceae

Family: Oleaceae

Family: Pentaphylacaceae

Family: Phyllanthaceae

Family: Pittosporaceae

Family: Primulaceae

Family: Proteaceae

Family: Putranjivaceae

Family: Rhamnaceae

Family: Rhizophoraceae

Family: Rosaceae

Family: Rutaceae

Family: Sabiaceae

Family: Salicaceae

Family: Salvadoraceae

Family: Santalaceae

Family: Sapindaceae

Family: Sapotaceae

Family: Simaroubaceae

Family: Solanaceae

Family: Staphyleaceae

Family: Stemonuraceae

Family: Symplocaceae

Family: Tetramelaceae

Family: Theaceae

Family: Thymelaeaceae

Family: Ulmaceae

Family: Urticaceae

Family: Verbenaceae

Recommended New Plant species

The presence of following bamboo plants within Sri Lanka is still in doubt.

Family Poaceae

References

  1. Ashton, M., Gunatilleke, S., de Zoysa, N., Dassanayake, M.D., Gunatilleke, N. and Wijesundera, S. (1997). A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka (PDF). Colombo 8, Sri Lanka: WHT Publications for Wildlife Heritage Site of Sri Lanka.

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