Herb Library
Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.
Showing Herbs in Category: Flowers
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Kinihiriya (Cochlospermum religiosum): The Buttercup Tree and Katira Gum
(Cochlospermum religiosum)
Kinihiriya (Cochlospermum religiosum) performs an annual act of theatre: it drops every leaf, stands
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Aswenna (Alysicarpus vaginalis): The Traditional Diuretic Herb
(Alysicarpus vaginalis)
Aswenna (Alysicarpus vaginalis) is one of those small plants that most people walk past and cattle e
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Heen Undupiyaliya (Desmodium triflorum): The Cooling Groundcover
(Desmodium triflorum)
Heen Undupiyaliya (Desmodium triflorum) carpets Sri Lankan lawns and is mown down weekly by people w
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Karabu Nati (Syzygium aromaticum): Cloves and Eugenol for Toothache
(Syzygium aromaticum)
Karabu nati (Syzygium aromaticum) is one of the few household remedies whose active ingredient your
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Bim Kohomba (Munronia pinnata): Sri Lanka's Endangered Bitter Endemic
(Munronia pinnata)
Bim Kohomba (Munronia pinnata) is one of the few plants on this site that Sri Lanka could actually l
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Ranawara (Senna auriculata): The Golden Flower Tea of Sri Lanka
(Senna auriculata)
Few sights are more distinctly Sri Lankan than a ranawara bush in flower — a mass of bright yellow a
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