Temporal variation of flower visitors of Calotropis gigantea (L.) in Southern Province of Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Wijeweera, W.P.S.N.
dc.contributor.author	De Silva, M.P.K.S.K.
dc.contributor.author	Dhileepan, K.
dc.contributor.author	Senaratne, K.A.D.W.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-15T04:09:55Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-15T04:09:55Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-19
dc.identifier.issn	1391-8796
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/xmlui/handle/iruor/5547
dc.description.abstract	Sri Lanka is rich with highly diverse medicinal plants. Among them, Calotropis gigantea is a native plant having Ayurvedic value. It is however invasive in countries like Australia and the USA. Information on flower visitors associated with the Calotropis plant and their temporal variation becomes important for experimental purposes and to conserve them in their native range, and to eradicate the plant when invasive in an introduced range. The present study investigated flower visitors associated with C. gigantea in 11 sites of three districts in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, i.e., Matara (03), Hambantota (04) and Galle (04).	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Calotropis gigantea	en_US
dc.subject	Medicinal plant	en_US
dc.subject	Flower visitors	en_US
dc.subject	Xylocopa spp.	en_US
dc.title	Temporal variation of flower visitors of Calotropis gigantea (L.) in Southern Province of Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US