Wara, Vara (Calotropis procer (crown flower)

       

Botnical name: Calotropis procer
Family name: ASCLEPIADACEAE
Names in different languages:
    English: Rubber bush
    Sinhala name:Wara
    Tamil names :
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India and China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
Status:Native
Edible parts:-None
Ayurvedicusage:
Treatment for: , Cutaneous parasitic infection, Nasopharyngeal diseases, Pulmonary ailments, Mucosal diseases, Skin diseases, Pains, Lactation disorders, Kidney diseases.
Parts used to make Medcine:-Leaves, ,Latex,,Flowers.
Propergation:-Seeds

Komarica, Komarika(Aloe vera - littiralis)

A perennial herb with a very short, thick, cylindrical, simple, woody stem sending out at the base numerous stolons; roots fibrous and fleshy; leaves not very- numerous, sessile, densely crowded on the short stem with wide, dilated bases, spreading below.

The most commonly used preparation from this herb is the aloe gel, a thick viscid liquid found in the interior of the leaves. The leaves are used in the treatment of burns etc

Olinda(Abutilon indicum (indian mallow)

A slender perennial twiner, glabrous with long internodes, stems slender, cylindrical, branched with smooth wrinkled brown bark; leaves alternate with stipules.
"the leaves are by far the sweetest part of the plant, and from them a tolerable extract may be made, but in most parts of India, where true liquorice is obtainable in any quantity as an article of commerce, it would be much more expensive to collect them than to use liquorice. The roots of Taverniera nummularia, and Alysicarpus longifolius, are sweet like liquorice, and are called liquorice in India.