PLANTS ENSURE HEALTHY LIVING ND PROSPERITY

MARGOSA

LUNUVILA ORCHID

MEDICINAL V ECONOMIC

4/A V * I T H ECONOMIC AM°

PAVATTA

CINNAMON

SX)ME RELEVANT DATA ABOUT PLANTS

MEDICINAL AND ECONOMIC V A L U E S IN PLANTS DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC PLANTS IN

DIFFERENT CLIMATIC ZONES OF SRI LANKA.

MEDICINAL V A L U E S

Vadakaha Lunuvila Binthal Iriveriya

ECONOMIC V A L U E S

Timber Ebony Food - Jak Oil - Kekuna Fibre - Agave

DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

CLIMATIC ZONE NUMBER OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Low Country Wet Zone 108 Low country Wet & montane Zone 40

Dry Zone 1 4 8

Dry & Wet Zones 1 8 9

Semi-Arid Zone 0 2

Dry Zone 2 5

Semi — Arid and Dry Zone 0 7

In every Climatic Zone

MONTANE MONTANE AND LOW LOW COUNTRY COUNTRY

WET WET

DRY LOW COUNTRY SEMI-ARID WET AND DRY

TOTAL

72 TREES '

84 SHRUBS

46

32

156

82

17 15

17 5

306

2 2 0

HERBACEOUS 128 51 88 18 9 294

2 8 4 129 326 52 29 8 2 0

PLANT DIVERSITY IN A HECTARE OF LAND IN ASIA (Average number of species of Flowering Plants per 10,000 square kilo meters)

100 200 300 400 500

REASONS FOR EXTINCTION OF PLANTS

(i) DEPLETION OF NATURAL FOREST SYSTEMS

Year % of Forest Gross population Coverage i n millions

1900 75% 3.9 1956 44% 8.4 1986 24% 16.8

(ii) Collection of Plants for economic importance. Examples Orchids, Water plants, Medicinal plants

(Hi) Environmental Pollution

DISTRIBUTION OF F O R E S T S IN S R I LANKA

ENDANGERED PLANTS • Kalumediriya • Kalukanda • Binkohomba * Suwanda

SRI LANKA

MALAYSIA

VIETNAM

BANGLADESH

PHILIPPINES

THAILAND

INDONESIA

INDIA

CHINA

JAFFNA

MANNAR

SCALES

CHILLAW

COLOMBO

GALLE

RINCOMALEE

ATTICOLOA

HAMBANTOTA

FOR CONSERVATION Conserve Eco - Systems, Provide Awareness, Knowledge and understanding, Establish Protected Areas, Promote and Increase Research Programmes, Frame Laws, Rales and Reg n Unions for Conservation, Enforce Law and Abide hu such Laws.

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(N0RAD) Art work: Prasanna Dharmatilaka i

SIRI PRINTERS - C O L O M B O 10.