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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare, [2] common three-square bulrush [3] and sharp club-rush. [4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe , New Zealand and Australia .
Schoenoplectus americanus (syn. Scirpus americanus) is an American species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names chairmaker's bulrush and Olney's three-square bulrush. Description
Schoenoplectus (club-rush [Old World species], bulrush or tule [New World species]) is a genus of plants in the sedge family with a cosmopolitan distribution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha as well as to other sedges.
The Indian and Sri Lankan populations of C. fenestratum are probably the most disturbed and severely affected. Over a 75 year period (three generations for this species), the plant population has been reduced by 80% due to indiscriminate gathering by local people. Hardly any mature plants are left in the wild. [1]
Sri Lanka needs about 3–4 million metric tonnes annually. Today 30–40% of rice is imported from India. Because Sri Lankan farmers left farming. It cultivates mostly the North Central and East provinces of Sri Lanka. The seasons are called the Maha season and the Yala season. Maha Season starts in September and ends in March.
Sterculia balanghas is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae.It is native to India and Sri Lanka.Leaves are simple, alternate; swollen at base and tipped; lamina elliptic, obovate, oblong, elliptic-ovate or oblong-ovate; base subcordate or round; apex acuminate; with entire margin.
Sapindus trifoliatus, the South India soapnut or three-leaf soapberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and introduced to eastern tropical Africa, Rodrigues, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The news made a huge media circus in Sri Lanka, where several authorities cited the value of the tree and prevented it from being cut. [ 8 ] On 10 February 2021, the plant was ordained by the Buddhist clergy from the National Bhikku Front in an effort to protect it.