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The Sinharaja Forest is the largest rain forest reserve in Sri Lanka.The Sinharaja Forest is home to many rare animals and trees.It is very beautiful place.

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There are 8 very beautiful waterfalls and unlimited waterways at Pitadeniya enterence to Sinharaja forest. Those are Kekuna falls, Pathanoya falls, Malmora falls, Brahmana falls, Galdoru falls, Uran ...

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There are many number of plant with flowers.But there's no flowers in very season. orchid (Dendrobium macarthiae) endemic Plant "Binara" (Exacum trinervium)

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There are some woody climber in the jungle.They go tree to tree like a chain. Rubiaceae (Uncaria thwaitesii) Rutaceae (Toddalia asiatica)

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There are many herbs.But do not allow to take them away from the reserve. Graminae ( Paspalum conjugatum) Orchidaceae (Arundina graminifolia) Lycopodiaceae ( Lycopodium cernuum) Gleichiniaceae ...

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There are many shrubs un the rain forest.Many animals build there nest in there. Melastomataceae(Melastoma malabathrica) Rubiaceae(Hedyotis fruticosa) Compositae(Eupatorium odoratum) Loganiaceae ...

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In the Sinharaja, floristic studies of nearly 17,000 trees and woody lianes above 30 centimeters girth revealed the presence of 211 species belonging to 119 genera and 43 families. Euphorbiaceae (Mac ...

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65 species of butterflies have been recorded in the western sector of the forest. These include 2 endemic species and 19 endemic subspecies. One of the rarest species in Sri Lanka, the Five bar ...

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