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On the other hand, the Sri Lankan hela wedakama tradition is a mixture of Sinhala traditional medicine, mainland āyurveda and Siddha systems of India, Unani medicine of Greece through the Arabs, and most importantly, the Desheeya Chikitsa, which is the indigenous medicine of Sri Lanka.
Coscinium fenestratum has a long history as a medicinal plant in the various traditional medicines of the region where it grows. [6] This includes Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha medicine in India, Sinhala medicine in Sri Lanka, the Kru Khmer healing traditions in Cambodia, traditional Vietnamese medicine of Thuốc Nam, etc.
Ganewatta (Sinhala: ගනේවත්ත) is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is the site of a medicinal plant garden, operated by Department of National Botanic Gardens. [1] [2] The garden is the home to a collection of tropical plants that are used for medicinal purposes. The garden is 21 ha (52 acres) in size, however ...
The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. [3] Attached to it is the " National Herbarium of Sri Lanka ". The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km 2 ), at 460 meters above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall.
In Sri Lanka it is known as Araththa (අරත්ත). [5] History of domestication. ... Medicinal Plant Images Database (School of Chinese Medicine, ...
Nepenthes distillatoria (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z d ɪ ˌ s t ɪ l ə ˈ t ɔːr i ə /; Neo-Latin, from Latin: destillo "to distill", -oria, adjectival ending; "something from which a liquid is distilled", i.e., pitcher) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sri Lanka.
Salacia reticulata is a flowering plant of the genus Salacia native to Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands. [1] It grows in dry zone forests in Sri Lanka. In ayurvedic medicine, it is known as kothala himbutu (කොතල හිඹුටු) in Sinhala.
Elaeocarpus montanus is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family used as a medicinal plant. [1] It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "Gal weralu - ගල් වෙරලු" by Sinhalese people. [2]