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Original Sal trees in bloom in Peradeniya

Original Sal trees are in bloom these days at the Peradeniya National Botanical Gardens, Botanical Gardens Director General Dr. Siril Wijesundara said.


Sal flowers

The Peradeniya National Botanical Gardens has commenced a programme to provide original Sal saplings to all temples countrywide as an environmental friendly project. Under this project, around 1,500 Sal saplings were planted at the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya.

On the advice of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Sal plants have been donated to about 900 temples in 21 districts in Sri Lanka so far, Wijesundara said. It is said that Prince Siddhartha was born under a Sal tree. The tree known as Sal in Nepal and India is Shorea Robusta, a tree similar to hal, hora, beraliya, dun etc in the family of Dipterocarpaceae.

However, a totally different tree is commonly known as Sal in Sri Lanka which is known as the cannon ball tree in English and its botanical name is Couroupita Guianensis.

The cannon ball tree is native to tropical northern South America and to the southern Caribbean. It is in the family of Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut family), Wijesundara explained.

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