A British doctor has said that suicide rates in Sri Lanka has increased ... roadside yellow oleander plants even for the most trivial reasons. This is an ornamental plant often used for hedging ...

February 25 at 6.15 p.m. The book describes flowering plants that are commonly cultivated or planted in Sri Lanka for food, wood, medicine, fuelwood, shade or ornamental purposes. Like the previous ...

Michael Eddleston is a British doctor who has spent much of the past ten years in Sri Lanka. It is becoming the suicide capital of the world. The poison of choice is the seed of the Yellow Oleander ...

is also threatened due to extensive collection for the ornamental plant trade. Image courtesy of Bhathiya Gopallawa. Of the 3,087 known flowering plants, or angiosperms, native to Sri Lanka ...