Some recent Publications on the Flora of Sri Lanka that we heard about.


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Ethno-botany, an adjunct to Place-Names studies
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pitcher plant


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    2011
  • Title: Botany of Crops.
  • Author: Aruni Weeasinghe, (Professor of Plant sciences, Rajarata University) )
    • Purchase price Rs. 500 (i.e., approximately $4-5), Please contact the Dean's Office: c/o Ms. Thamara, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University. Puliyankulama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
    • Phone (Office): 0094 25 2221610   e-mail:     aruni500@yahoo.com
    • See list of contents List of contents
  • Title: Recipes From The Cookery Book Of The Last Kandyan Dynasty
  • Author: Ananda Pilimatalavuva, collaboration: Deepthi Horagoda
    • Publisher, Vijitha Yapa Books, Price Rs. 3,450.00., i.e., approximately $25-30.
    • This artistically produced book is based on a hereditary palm-leaf manuscript of the Pilmatalavuvas that was known to contain recipes of various dishes prepared for the Palace of the Last King of Kandy. It also has an illustrated section on culinary plants and herbs.
    • Link to London Art College