Dendropthoe species- Indonesia

  Loranthaceae of Indonesia : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) We would like to know the name of the following epiphytic plant please. It is on a tea tree. Pl. check  /species/a—l/l/loranthace  I think should be some Dendrophthoe species as images & keys herein.

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Dendropthoe species- Mumbai

  Fwd: [efloraofindia:180145] Fwd: 190810 AK1 : Attachments (2).  3 posts by 2 authors. ID Request please.. Dendropthoe falcata var amplexicaulis as described in Flora of Bombay Loranthus sp. Foliage looks similar to Calycanthus occidentalis (if introduced.) Memecylon species?? http://www.biotik.org/india/species/m/memewigh/memewigh_en.html  It is Memecylon umbelatum We need to ask … if it was a parasitic shrub on a […]

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Syzygium polyanthum ?

Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. ?;   Flora of Andaman17-030111-PKA2 : 7 images. This is some Syzygium sp. (Myrtaceae Family). Its a huge tree may be around 20 m high. Date/Time: 22-12-2010 / 09:45AM Location: Near Lime Stone Cave site, Baratang, Andaman Habitat: WildPlant habit: Tree (Approx. 20 m tall) … has identified this as Syzygium samarangense […]

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Biodiversity Meet 2018 Nagaland

Fwd: Biodiversity Meet 2018 Nagaland : Attachments (2) – BiodiversityMeet_Nagaland_2018-05_Resized.jpg & Biodiversity Meet 2018 First responder rev 1.pdf We are happy to announce Biodiversity meet at Nagaland from 9th to 16th May 2018. The meet is being organised on a voluntary basis by TERI, Titli Trust, DiversityIndia and Indian Foundation for Butterflies. All proceeds from […]

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Eugenia singampattiana

Critically endangered as per IUCN Red List (CR) ; Eugenia singampattiana Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 65 1874. ; Common name: Jungle Guava • Tamil: காட்டுகொரந்தி Kaattukorandi SW. India as per WCSP; Habit- Small trees up to 5 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brownish, smooth. Branches and branchlets- Young branchlets subterete to slightly quadrangular, […]

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Begonia acetosella

Begonia acetosella Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 153 1912. (syn: Begonia acetosella var. acetosella ; Begonia tetragona Irmsch.); China South-Central; East Himalaya; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Aug.,2017/02 Begonia sp. for Id. : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Kaukam, MizoramDate : 08-08-2017Habit : […]

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Petunia hybrids ?- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK1012 14 MAR-2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4600 ft. Date : 23 June 2011 Habit : Cultivated Any side view?  Sorry, only these images ! Need leaves of this plant. In first thought it was looking like Petunia double petaled but we can confirm after seeing […]

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Mussoorie-Dhanaulti Excursion with Dr. Pankaj- March, 2018

  Mussoorie-Dhanaulti Excursion with Dr. Pankaj-March, 2018 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) This is a general post, contrary to what we usually post on eFI. Even then, I could not stop myself in expressing my feelings about our recent excursion-cum-meeting programme, concluded from March 03 to 05, 2018.  As a group, we […]

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Melaleuca linariifolia (Introduced)

Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. (syn: Melaleuca hyssopifolia (Cav.) Dum.Cours.; Melaleuca stricta Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros hyssopifolia Cav.; Myrtoleucodendron linariifolium (Sm.) Kuntze; Ozandra hyssopifolia (Cav.) Raf.); Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Fiji (introduced), USA (introduced) (Florida (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life    Melaleuca linariifolia submission : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)- around 650 kb each.  Melaleuca linariifolia  […]

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Baeckea frutescens ?

Baeckea frutescens L. (syn: Baeckea chinensis Gaertn.; Baeckea cochinchinensis Bl.; Baeckea cumingiana Schauer; Baeckea ericoides Schltdl.; Baeckea frutescens var. brachyphylla Merr. & L.M. Perry; Baeckea sinensis Gaertn.; Baeckea stenophylla F.Müll.; Baeckea sumatrana Bl.; Cedrela rosmarinus Lour.; Drosodendron rosmarinus (Lour.) M.Roem.; Neuhofia rosmarinifolia Stokes) ?; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Cambodia, India, New Guinea, […]

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Musa balbisiana ?

Musa balbisiana ?;   Musa × paradisiaca L. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 400 and 600 kb.  Location: Nagdaha, Kathmandu, Nepal  Date : 14 April 2013 Altitude : 4500 ft. Can it be Musa velutina H.Wendl. & Drude as per images herein? Musa velutina is not listed in Nepal and it is common bannana ! Musa […]

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Osbeckia saddlepeakensis

Osbeckia saddlepeakensis P. PRASHOB, K.M. MANUDEV, SIBICHEN M. THOMAS, S. NAMPY, Phytotaxa Vol 344, No 2 (2018); Osbeckia saddlepeakensis (Melastomataceae): a new species from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India” : 1 post by 1 author. Please find attached our new publication entitled “Osbeckia saddlepeakensis (Melastomataceae): a new species from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India” published in latest […]

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Dysphania pumilio (Introduced)

Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn. 59: 382 2002. (syn: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania), USA (introduced) (Arkansas (introduced), California (introduced), Connecticut (introduced), D.C. (introduced), Florida (introduced), Georgia (introduced), Illinois (introduced), Kansas (introduced), Kentucky (introduced), Louisiana (introduced), Massachusetts (introduced), Missouri (introduced), Nevada (introduced), New […]

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Myristica malabarica

Vulnerable as per IUCN Red List (VU) Myristica malabarica Lam., Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1788: 162 1791. (syn: Myristica dactyloides Wall.; Myristica notha Wall.; Myristica tomentosa J. Grah.); Peninsular India (Karnataka, Kerala Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu). Endemic. as per Conspectus on Indian Gymnacranthera and Myristica D. Banik, P.P. Bora, V. Sampath Kumar and R.L. Bezbaruah- Rheedea […]

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85. Efloraofindia website updated upto 28th Feb.’18

Efloraofindia website updated upto 28th Feb.’18- more than 12,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. Dear members, It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 2,90,000 messages so far & […]

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Vitaceae member ?- Sumatra, Indonesia

  Fwd: Re: Please assist with ID : 5 posts by 1 author. One of our newer members is named ‘tofi’ who lives in Sumatera, Indonesia. He posted several images of a vining plant growing wild in the Sumatran highland rainforest, bearing pink fruit with white flesh and a single seed. He describes the plant […]

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Tamil Nadu- tree at Kodaikanal

  Request for ID of the tree 2 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place: Bombay Shola, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Date: 19/01/18 A Columba elphinstonii (Nilgiri Wood Pigeon) frequents this tree I think better images required for id. Sorry, but It is not available. 

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