Canna indica ?; Canna glauca L. ??? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Thula Khet, Pokhara, Nepal Date : 10 August 2017 Altitude : 2800 ft. May be Canna indica L. or its hybrid as per comparative images at Canna?
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Pondicherry- Fruit with 4 seeds
14092017BHAR1 – Fruit with 4 seeds : Found in Pondicherry.
Medicinal Plants of Susruta Samhita Vol I
Need opinion: Book: Medicinal_Plants_of_Susruta_Samhita_Vol_I : 2 posts by 2 authors. Does anybody know about this book? I want an opinion on the usefulness of the book before buying it.http://indianbooksandperiodicals.com/Botanical_Science/Medicinal_Plants_of_Susruta_Samhita_Vol_I
Stachys palustris
Stachys palustris L., Sp. Pl. 580 1753. (syn: Stachys aquatica Bubani; Stachys austriaca Heynh.; Stachys maeotica Postrig.; Stachys maeotica Postr.; Stachys palustris var. angustifolia Benth. ………; Stachys segetum Hagen; Stachys wolgensis Wilensky); Europe to Mongolia and W. Himalaya as per WCSP; Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: For id from Chakrata- NS May 29/29 : 4 […]
unscrupulous collection of herbarium
Unscrupulous collection of herbarium (mixed thread): There is a recent article in current science by Dr. A K Bhatnagar from DU about unscrupulous collection of herbarium and plant specimens by college students and he has specially mentioned about frequent trips of DU botany students to Panchamarhi!!! Yes …, we will go there sometimes when you […]
Isoetes species
Isoetes : 19 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1) Isoetus species (may be I. coromandelina). For non-botanists friends: this plant may look like a grass or sedge but it belongs to a primitive group of plants ‘pteridophyte’. It propagates through ‘spores’ and it doesn’t know what flowers & fruits are! It prefers to grow […]
Suaeda monoica
Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel., Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 1776. (syn: Lerchia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze; Salsola monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Poir.; Schoberia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Steud.; Suaeda nudiflora Thw.); Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt), Iran (EC-Iran), Israel (Rift Valley), Oman (Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (Dahana, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, […]
Cinnamomum sulphuratum ?
Cinnamomum sulphuratum Nees ?; Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 : 9 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3) Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 (record photo, photographed from 200 meters distance) Narimale, Brahmagiri hills, 07Dec2008, Elevation – 1405 meters, Height ~2 meters. Leaf length – 5 inches, Secondary venation – vertical, I think these are the young […]
Cinnamomum wightii ?
Cinnamomum wightii Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 11 1864. (syn: Cinnamomum ovalifolium Gardner ex Meisn.) ?; This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. A single herbarium specimen collected from Coorg district in the early 19th century (deposited in Kew Herbarium, UK) was the only collection from Karnataka. It is rarely seen in Eravikulam […]
Actinodaphne species ?-Mulshi
identification no260111sn2: kindly id. this tree. Looks like Actinodaphne. date/time:jan11 location:mulshi, pune 3000ft. above msl. habitat:wild plant habit:tree height:more than 15 ft. other info:in thick wooded area. Pisa like buds in places U r observation is regarding Pisa is too correct but can’t say about any Lauraceae member. So for this time, this may […]
Process followed for making the genera pages
Process I follow for making the genera pages : 2 posts by 1 author. We are in an exciting phase as our database becomes more and more accurate with the scrutiny & insertion of images at species, genera and family pages.Initially images were inserted from a few threads & it so happened that images were […]
Eremurus Species- Manhattan, Battery park, USA
Eremurus Species : White Flowers : New York,US : 28SEP17 : AK-23 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Eremurus flowers seen at Battery park in Manhattan. Cultivated garden plants seen on 20th June,17. Search leads to Eremurus White Beauty. …, are these the same found in Kashmir, Eremurus himalaicus?
Cremanthodium species
Premna species- Ratnagiri, Konkan area in Maharashtra
premna integrifolia plant : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. I am a research student at Institute of Chemical Technolgy, Mumbai. I have clicked some photographs of plants at Ratnagiri, Konkan area in Maharashtra. Can anyone identify which plant it is? My guess is premna integrifolia.. Kindly correct me and suggest. Yes […]
Malus species/ hybrids- New Jersey, USA
Malus Species For ID : New Jersey,US : 26SEP17 : AK-16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Malus Species seen in the first week of July. Fruits were smaller in size, approx the size of a lime.
Allium christophii (Cultivated- USA)
Allium christophii Trautv. (Syn: Allium christophii Trautv.; Caloscordum cristophii (Trautv.) Banfi & Galasso; Allium albopilosum C.H.Wright; Allium bodeanum Regel; Allium walteri Regel); Garden Plant for ID : New York : 13SEP17 : AK-11 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Garden plant seen at Battery Park, Manhattan, New York in the third week […]
Lepidagathis keralensis
Lepidagathis keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh, Kew Bull. 47: 301 1992. (syn: Lepidagathis lutea Dalz.); Prostrate herb : Attachments (2) Prostrate hardy herb (Lepidagathis sp ?) from Payangadi, Kannur Kerala, frequently available in the moist open places near forest, now not in flowering. still some experts can identify it. It is Lepidagathis keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh […]
Lithocarpus species?- Nagarkot, Nepal
SK472 02 APR-2017:ID : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Location: Nagarkot, Nepal Date : 31 March 2017 Altitude : 6500 ft. Does not look like fruit. Found a few insects inside the ball. Ball is very hard ! Any idea about the family ? Could be a member of Fagaceae. Lithocarpus may […]
Saxifraga stella-aurea
Saxifraga stella-aurea Hook. f. & Thomson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 72 1858. (syn: Bhutan, China (S-Qinghai, W-Sichuan, W-Yunnan) , Tibet, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; Caespitose; stems 1-1.5cm, densely leafy. Leaves ± rosetted, obovate-spathulate, 2-4 x 1-2mm, obtuse, narrowed at base, usually glandular-ciliate. Flowers solitary on […]
Teucrium plectranthoides
Teucrium plectranthoides Gamble, Fl. Madras 1158 1924.; S. India (Tirunelveli Hills) as per WCSP; ID Request- 05022014-PKA9 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (11). This herb was spotted near Mullayangiri peak, Karnataka (alt.approx. 5000ft) Date/Time: 25-01-2014 /11:00AMHabitat: Wild Plant habit: Herb Looks like some Lamiaceae sp… Plectranthus sp This looks like any […]
