Herb Library

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

All Herbs Bark & Wood Flowers Fruits & Seeds Leaves Roots & Rhizomes Succulents

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Herbs for: පෝෂණය

Leaves

(Alternanthera sessilis)

Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) is the most unassuming plant on this site and one of the most u

Leaves

(Moringa oleifera)

Murunga (Moringa oleifera) grows in the corner of countless Sri Lankan gardens, dropping long ribbed

Fruits & Seeds

(Ziziphus mauritiana)

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

Fruits & Seeds

(Solanum torvum)

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

Fruits & Seeds

(Syzygium cumini)

Madan (Syzygium cumini) stains your tongue purple and your fingers with history. Before insulin exis

Fruits & Seeds

(Tamarindus indica)

Siyambala (Tamarindus indica) shades half the temple courtyards and village junctions of the dry zon

Fruits & Seeds

(Limonia acidissima)

Divul (Limonia acidissima) is the fruit you crack open with a stone. Behind its grey, wooden shell l

Leaves

(Boerhavia diffusa)

Sarana (Boerhavia diffusa) sprawls along roadsides and waste ground with pink-purple flowers no bigg

Roots & Rhizomes

(Lasia spinosa)

Kohila (Lasia spinosa) is the vegetable that bites back: a marsh plant whose leaf stalks and rhizome

Flowers

(Nelumbo nucifera)

Nelum (Nelumbo nucifera) is the national flower of Sri Lanka and the offering laid before every Budd