Thottea dalzellii (Hook.f.) Karthik. & Moorthy, Fl. Pl. India 156 2009. (Syn: Apama dalzellii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Bragantia dalzellii Hook.f.); Images by Anurag N Sharma (Id by E S Santhosh Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Bragantia dalzellii Hook.f.; shrubby, stout, leaves very large oblong- lanceolate acuminate […]
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Cucumis ritchiei
Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin, Novon 17: 178 2007. (Syn: Dicoelospermum ritchiei C.B.Clarke; Mukia ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes (Unresolved)); Images by Sushant More – validation by Susanne Renner Prostrate or climbing, hirsute herbs. Leaves alternate, 2-4 x 2-4 cm, simple, ovate or orbicular, dentate, hispid, cordate at base, faintly lobed, lobes 3-5, […]
Justicia species- Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka
Acanthaceae fortnight ANMAR17/38 Justicia sp. for identification : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9) This one has glandular hair on the inflorescence and hence can be a different species than those I have posted so far during the fortnightFamily: AcanthaceaeDate: October 2014Place: Nandi Hills, Bangalore, KarnatakaHabit: HerbHabitat: Deciduous forest Justicia– species […]
Acacia elata
Acacia elata A. Cunn. ex Benth., London J. Bot. 1:383. 1842 (Syn: (=) Acacia terminalis auct. pl.; (≡) Racosperma elatum (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley); images by Muthu Karthick, N & Dr. Santhan P. (legume photo) Albizia ? tree SN 15March 17 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4). Albizia ? an […]
Shrub from Jharkhand
Plant for ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to find ID of following plant species Habit: Shrub Locality: Jharkhand Date: Aug. 2010 leaves and rest of the plant ? habitat? size of this object ? size of the entire plant? time of year? where and how […]
Important Native Trees
Fwd: [punetreewatch] Indegenous Trees of India : Important Native Trees of India Sr. No. Botanical Name Common Name Use 1 Acacia catechu Khair Used against the throat infections cough, diarrhoea, chronic ulceration, epistaxis and eruptions of the skin, leprosy, leucoderma and wounds. It is also useful in treating anaemia, diabetes, inflammations and intermittent […]
Strobilanthes cusia
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 499 1891. (Syn: Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.; Dipteracanthus calycinus Champ.; Goldfussia cusia Nees; Ruellia indigofera Griff.; Ruellia indigotica Fortune; Strobilanthes balansae Lindau; Strobilanthes championii T.Anderson ex Benth.; Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees); Images by Prashant Awale & M Sawmliana (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Common name: Assam Indigo, Chinese Rain […]
Stachyurus
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Kayin), Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam) as per Catalogue of life) Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: Stachyurus himalaicus (Cultivated) […]
Stachyuraceae
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Kayin), Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam) as per Catalogue of life) Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: Stachyurus himalaicus (Cultivated) […]
City based wildlife & photography trips
City based wildlife & photography trips : On a broader topic – I don’t know if we have a forum to kind of meet in different city chapter for e.g. members of Bangalore or Pune etc. have a Sunday meet. We can combine with say India biodiversity etc. as well. I’m keen to […]
Strobilanthes crossandra
Strobilanthes crossandra (Steud.) J. R. I. Wood, comb. nov. (Syn: Ruellia crossandra Steud., Ruellia diffusa Nees in Wallich, non Ruellia diffusa Vell., Hemigraphis crossandra (Steud.) Bremek., Ruellia crenata Benth. ex Hohen., Hemigraphis elegans var. crenata (Benth.) C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f., Hemigraphis crenata (Benth.) Bremek., Strobilanthes burmanica Kurz) as per New Names and Combinations […]
Porphyrocoma pohliana (Cultivated- USA)
Porphyrocoma pohliana Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 40 1894. ; Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Acanthaceae Fortnight: Porphyrocoma pohliana from California-GSMAR23/24 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Porphyrocoma pohliana Lindau Evergreen plant with opposite elliptic-lanceolate leaves with pale silver lines and purple flowers with colourful bracts in terminal spikes. Photographed from California […]
Porphyrocoma
Porphyrocoma pohliana Lindau (Cultivated- USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg))
Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora (Kenya)
Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora (S.Moore) Lindau, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 367 1895. (syn: Calophanes thunbergiiflora S.Moore); Images by Aarti Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Acanthaceae Fortnight : Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora : Nairobi,Kenya : 20MAR15 : AK-7 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) This was posted by me earlier. It remained unresolved. Later, … was […]
Daphniphyllum glaucescens
Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1153. 1826-27; Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 16(1): 3. 1869; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 353. 1887, sensu lato. (syn: Goughia neilgherrensis Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22, tt. 1878 & 1879. 1852. Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 290. 1861; Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1311. 1925 (repr. […]
Daphniphyllum
Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume (Images by P. Santhan (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Daphniphyllum himalayense (Benth.) Müll.Arg. (Images by Ashwini Bhatia (Id by Tapas Chakrabarty) & Tapas Chakrabarty (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 23- (T. Chakrabarty & N. […]
Daphniphyllaceae
Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume (Images by P. Santhan (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Daphniphyllum himalayense (Benth.) Müll.Arg. (Images by Ashwini Bhatia (Id by Tapas Chakrabarty) & Tapas Chakrabarty (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Species, genera & family pages of Daphniphyllaceae are now with images : 3 posts […]
Barleria hochstetteri
Barleria hochstetteri Nees, Prodr. 11: 231 1847. (syn: Barleria aucheriana Nees; Barleria pirottaei Lindau; Barleria rivae Lindau; Barlerites hochstetteri (Nees) Oerst.); Images by Aarti Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 231 ; pubescent, leaves elliptic or oblong entire, flowers pedicelled, bracteoles small narrow remote from the calyx, corolla 3/4-1 in. […]
Barleria species- Nairobi, Kenya
Acanthaceae Fortnight : Barleria Species For ID : Nairobi,Kenya : 20MAR15 : AK-6 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Ornamental plant seen in Nairobi, Kenya during visit in Jan 2009. On searching, the leaves resemble Barleria obtusa, common name Bush Violet. This is just a suggested id. Unfortunately, I have […]
Acacia species- Tugalakabad, Delhi
ID of Acacia requested-PC-20.03.2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) please Identify this acacia, photograph was taken in Tugalakabad, Delhi.
