Gotu Kola is a native plant to Sri Lanka. It is grown among grass in coconut, or rubber lands. However, Some farmers grow Gotu Kola in commercial purpose in home gardens. leaves of this plant can be identified clearly. Leaves and stems of Gotu Kola have medicinal value. People of Sri Lanka believe that eating of gotu kola as Mallum or Sambola remove worms in bowel of human body. Villagers of Sri Lanka use a leave of Gotu Kola to stick in a wound to clean it. More people like to drink Gotu kola kanda or congee in the morning.

Mora trees are found in rainforest in Sri Lanka. They have very strong wood and grows 20 to 30 m in height. Fruits are sweet and consisted with lobes. Lobes can be eaten by removing husks of nuts. Villagers specially kids do like to eat fruits.There are two varieties, “Mas Mora” and “Ata Mora”. "Mas Mora" is sweeter than "Ata Mora".

Mentha, known as mint (Minchi in Sri Lanka), is a plant belonging to mint family (family Lamiaceae). The plant is cultivated by some villagers in their home gardens in Sri Lanka. It grows generally 1-2 feet in height within 90 days. It has strongest smell. The leaves are used to add flavor to foods as well as drinks. Sri Lankans use the leaves of Minchi to prepare sambal to eat with rice.

Saman Pichcha (Spanish Jasmine in English) is a flower plant growing well at home gardens in Sri Lanka. Flowers which bloom at the top of shrub are white and fragrance. All parts of plant are used for the medical treatment in Ayurveda. Leaves and flowers are used to wash eyes by villagers of Sri Lanka as a treatment for “Nagana” (eyelid gland). Hindus and Buddhists select specially Saman Pichcha flowers for the religious purpose.

Country Potato ("Innala" in Sinhala) This is a mint family plant, mostly consumed in South East Asia and Africa. This plant is grown in Gale, Kalutara, Colombo, Gampaha, Matale, Mathara, Kurunagala and Rathnapura districts in Sri Lanka. Other names for country potato are Native potato, Chinese potato.

Kuppamaniya (Indian Nettle in English) is an ayurvedic medicine plant grown in Sri Lanka, india, Africa and Pakistan. It grows up to 3 feet in height. It can be seen in along road sites and waste land in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka peoples know that dogs eat leaves of kuppamaniya when they have stomach problems. It has tiny white green flowers in upper parts of the plant and it is called as male flowers while green flowers in lower part of the tree is called female flowers.

Hulankeeriya (Aruukka) is a plant that grows especially in-home gardens in wed zone of Sri Lanka. It grows about one meter in height. Its flowers are white. Flour obtained from hulankeeriya tubers is a medicine for some diseases. It is said that eating boiled hulankeeriya yams could cure stomach problems. Villagers of Sri Lanka eat boiled hulankiriya yams with coconut instead of rice. Raw yams can also be eaten and it has milk flavor.

Aloe Vera is known as “Komarika” in Sri Lanka in Sinhalese language. Fleshy part of the plant allows to store water in dry arears. Although it favors bright environment to grow, limited direct sun is recommended. Flower plant growers of urban areas in Sri Lanka plant Alue Vera in pots in their outdoor as well as indoor gardens. This is more valuable medical plant. At present, some large-scale plant growers are trending to grow this plant in commercial purpose in Sri Lanka. Some people use the leave of the plant to keep in burning place in the body for immediate relief for the pain. Some eat gel part of the leaves for the remedy belly ulcers.

Villagers of Sri Lanka like to have even one plant of ginger in their home garden to use as medicine. It is used for home remedy for nausea, stomach pain, and other health issues. Passengers who are going long tours in mountainous areas eat ginger yam to avid vomiting. A small piece of fresh or dried ginger is added for cup of tea at the cool days or night time and making “kandha”. Some farmers specially in North Western province of Sri Lanka grow ginger as an intercrop under the coconut plants and earn more money selling them.

Ladies finger (Bandakka) is a flowering plant in the mallow family. Its flowers are yellow in color.it becomes a nut after 3 or 4 days.People like to cook this as a curry to eat with rice. This herbal vegetable is grown by farmers as a commercial crop in some parts of Sri Lanka. The vegetable is long like fingers of ladies. Some villagers grow this green vegetable in small gardens and it gives more harvest.

Aromatic Ginger (Higuru piyali in Sinhala) is a small plant that is growing together with several other plants of the same. It has very few leaves. This is a traditional herb medicine in some Asian countries including Sri Lanka. Most of villagers grow this plant only for domestic use. Farmers eat a piece of dried tuber with chewing betel with areca nut. Further, as the aromatic ginger is favor fragrance, villagers in Sri Lanka know the chewing of a piece of aromatic ginger tuber will remove unpleasant smell of the mouth. In addition, when somebody was intoxicated highly with alcohol, a piece of HiguruPiyal is given to him to chew. They believe that this will reduce alcohol intoxication of his body. However, Higuru piyali can be purchased from Sinhala spices boutiques in Sri Lanka.

Yaki Naran is a small plant seen in some provinces in Sri Lanka. This thorny plant grows three or four feet from the ground with other bushes in gardens or some abandoned lands. If someone crushed a leaf of this plant it will give a smelt. Young leaves are light green in color while the mature leaves are dark green. Flowers are in white. Fruits are like a very small orange. Leaves of this plant have immense ayurvedic value in Sri Lanka. Vapor of leaves of this plant is used as a cure for cold fever. Further, congee made with Yaki Naran leaves is becoming popular in Sri Lanka. Its availability in the streets of suburban areas from individual sellers ensure its medicinal value for some diseases.