Herb Library

Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.

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Flowers

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

Bark & Wood

Munamal (Mimusops elengi): The Fragrant Flower for Gums

(Mimusops elengi)

Munamal (Mimusops elengi) drops small star-shaped cream flowers that keep their scent long after the

Leaves

Kuppameniya (Acalypha indica): The Cat's Weed, and a Serious Warning

(Acalypha indica)

Kuppameniya (Acalypha indica) is known to most Sri Lankans for something charming: cats dig up its r

Leaves

Akkapana (Kalanchoe pinnata): The Life Plant and Its Cardiac Glycosides

(Kalanchoe pinnata)

Akkapana (Kalanchoe pinnata) earns its English names — Life Plant, Miracle Leaf — honestly enough: d

Fruits & Seeds

Mee (Madhuca longifolia): The Oil Tree of Old Sri Lanka

(Madhuca longifolia)

The Mee tree (Madhuca longifolia) belongs to a Sri Lanka that ran on it. Before imported oils and ch

Fruits & Seeds

Godapara (Dillenia retusa): Sri Lanka's Endemic Natural Shampoo

(Dillenia retusa)

Godapara (Dillenia retusa) is endemic to Sri Lanka — it grows wild nowhere else on earth. Before sha

Succulents

Thotila (Oroxylum indicum): The Indian Trumpet Tree of Dasamula

(Oroxylum indicum)

Thotila (Oroxylum indicum) is unmistakable once you have seen it: a slender tree hung with enormous

Flowers

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

Fruits & Seeds

Masan (Ziziphus mauritiana): Indian Jujube, the Childhood Fruit

(Ziziphus mauritiana)

Masan (Ziziphus mauritiana) is a fruit most Sri Lankans meet as children, scrumped from a thorny tre

Flowers

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

Leaves

Nidikumba (Mimosa pudica): The Touch-Me-Not That Folds Away

(Mimosa pudica)

Nidikumba (Mimosa pudica) is the plant every Sri Lankan child has poked. Touch a leaf and it folds s

Fruits & Seeds

Thibbotu (Solanum torvum): Turkey Berry, Food First

(Solanum torvum)

Thibbotu (Solanum torvum) turns up on Sri Lankan tables as a slightly bitter curry of small green be

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