Herb Library
Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.
Showing Herbs in Category: Leaves
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Pawatta (Justicia adhatoda): Adhatoda, the Herb Behind a Modern Cough Medicine
(Justicia adhatoda)
Pawatta (Justicia adhatoda) has a distinction that few traditional herbs can claim. Its principal al
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Neem (Kohomba): The Village Pharmacy, and the One Rule About Neem Oil
(Azadirachta indica)
Neem (Azadirachta indica) is called the village pharmacy for good reason — a single tree supplies a
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Gotukola (Centella asiatica): The Brain Herb Sri Lankans Eat for Breakfast
(Centella asiatica)
Gotukola (Centella asiatica) is unusual among medicinal plants in that most Sri Lankans consume it w
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Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis): Sri Lanka's Everyday Leafy Green
(Alternanthera sessilis)
Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) is the most unassuming plant on this site and one of the most u
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Karapincha (Murraya koenigii): Curry Leaves Are Not Just Flavour
(Murraya koenigii)
Karapincha (Murraya koenigii) suffers a peculiar fate: it is put into almost every Sri Lankan dish a
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Maduru Thala (Ocimum tenuiflorum): Holy Basil, Tulsi and the Mosquito Leaf
(Ocimum tenuiflorum)
Maduru Thala (Ocimum tenuiflorum) carries two identities at once. To Ayurveda it is Tulsi, the elixi
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