Argyreia populifolia

Argyreia populifolia Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 32 1834. ;   Cilmbing shrubs, stem glabrous, younger parts sparsely pubescent. Leaves alternate, 8-20 x 5-15 cm, broadly ovate, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, cordate to round at base, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, densely pubescent below. Flowers in dense axillary corymbose many-flowered cymes; peduncles 8-12 cm long; […]

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Indigofera wightii

Indigofera wightii Wight & Arn. (Syn: Indigofera inamoena Thwaites; Indigofera pallida Craib); Cambodia (N); India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Maharashtra ; Orissa ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Laos (N) ; Myanmar (N) ; Sri Lanka (N) ; Thailand (N); Vietnam (N) as per ILDIS; Erect silvery white shrubs, to 1 […]

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Aeschynanthus hookeri

Aeschynanthus hookeri C.B. Clarke, Monogr. Phan. 5: 21 1883. (syn: Aeschynanthus parasiticus C.B. Clarke (ambiguous synonym); Trichosporum hookeri (C.B. Clarke) Kuntze); Bhutan, China, N India, N Myanmar as per Flora of China;  Aeschynanthus hookeri C.B. Clarke : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5).  Date: 23-26 July, 2014 Location: Dolakha District Nepal  Altitude : 7000 […]

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Butia eriospatha (Cultivated- USA)

Butia eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10: 496 1916. (syn: Butia eriospatha subsp. punctata Bomhard; Butia punctata Bomhard [Invalid]; Calappa eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Kuntze; Cocos eriospatha Mart. ex Drude; Syagrus eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Glassman);   Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    […]

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Butia capitata (Cultivated)

Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10: 504 1916. (syn: Butia bonnetii Becc.; Butia capitata var. liliaceifolia (Chabaud) Becc.; Butia capitata var. rubra Mattos; Butia leiospatha (Barb.Rodr.) Becc.; Butia nehrlingiana L.H. Bailey; Calappa capitata (Mart.) Kuntze; Calappa leiospatha (Barb.Rodr.) Kuntze; Cocos capitata Mart.; Cocos capitata var. leiospatha (Barb. Rodr.) Berger; Cocos leiospatha Barb.Rodr.; Cocos leiospatha […]

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Butia

  Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. (Cultivated) (Images by Gurcharan Singh, Amit Chauhan (Id by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) & Satish Phadke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    Butia eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Becc. (USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) 

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Brahea

Brahea armata S.Watson (USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    Brahea armata (USA) ? (Images by Satish Phadke (Id by Andrew Henderson) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  

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Greywater tower

    Greywater tower Arba Minch, Ethiopia : 2 posts by 1 author. In Hamburg there are some enthus, who do urban gardning. Last year they built one greywater tower.This year they are building another one. I found the information interesting. Perhaps someone can use it!It is so hot here and very little rain in […]

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Impatiens serrata

Impatiens serrata Benth., Numer. List: n.º 4771 (1831) (Syn: Impatiens serrulata Hook. f.); Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet; East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; Bhutan, N-India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Tibet (Nyalam, Jilon), Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Images by Saroj Kasaju  Impatiens serrata Benth. ex Hook.f.et. Thoms : 2 […]

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Impatiens brevicornis

Impatiens brevicornis (Barnes) Bhaskar stat.nov. (= I. chinensis var. brevicornis Barnes); Images by Dinesh Valke (Id suggestion by V. Bhaskar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Eravikulam National Park :: Impatiens for ID :: DV11JUL : 10 posts by 5 authors. 3 + 3 images. Eravikulam National Park […]

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Spathoglottis aurea (Malaysia)

Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 34 1850. (Syn: Spathoglottis wrayi Hook.f.);           Malaysia – Wild Orchid for ID – 310714 – RK – 3 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). 16/07/2014 – Fraser’s Hill – evening seems to be of genus Spathoglottis. Incomplete plant. Please mention […]

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Goniophlebium species ?- Malaysia

      Malaysia – Fern for ID – 310714 – RK – 5 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Fraser’s Hill – 16/07/2014 – evening It looks like Nephrolepis hirsutula Presumably Goniophlebium – but as the fronds are seen end-on, not flat, and the shape and details of the pinnae can’t be […]

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Maharanga emodi

Maharanga emodi (Wall.) A. DC., Prodr. 10: 71 1846. (Syn: Onosma emodi Wall.);   Images by Saroj Kumar Kasaju  & V P Bhatt (Id by D S Rawat & Krishan Lal) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)         Maharanga emodi (Wall) A. DC : Attachments (2). […]

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Maharanga

  Maharanga bicolor (Wall. ex G. Don) A. DC. (Images by Saroj Kumar Kasaju (Validation by J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   Maharanga emodi (Wall.) A. DC. (Images by Saroj Kumar Kasaju  & V P Bhatt (Id by D S Rawat & Krishan Lal) (Inserted by […]

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Pedicularis megalantha

Pedicularis megalantha D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 94 1825. ;  S-Tibet, SE-Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Chumbi, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of life;     Inclusion of four Pedicularis species in eFI : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 correct image attachment as above– New records of four Pedicularis species (Orobanchaceae) for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh state, […]

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Ornamental Bush at Lalbagh, Bangalore

      Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 310714 : AK-45 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Cultivated, ornamental bush seen at Lalbagh on 28/7/14. No flowers or pods when the picture was taken.              

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Pedicularis nepalensis ?

Pedicularis nepalensis Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 268 1889. ?;      Fwd: Pedicularis nepalensis Prain : 2 posts by 2 authors. Date: 25 JULY, 2014 Location: Kalinchok, Dolakha District, East Nepal Altitude : 12500 ft. ID validation pending !     References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved)  Filed as Pedicularis nepalensis Prain  

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Arisaema species- Pune

      ID29072014SH1 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). For Id pl.Location –PuneDate- 24.07.2014 Habitat –Wild Looks like Arisaema!!…habitat is unusual… The plant seems to be Arisaema jacquemontii Can it be Arisaema tortuosum ? Normally Arisaema jacquemontii is not seen in Western Maharashtra.      

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Off Topic of Indian flora

    Off Topic of Indian flora : 1 post by 1 author. I hope you will allow me to put this question to your members as I am at a loss as to where to turn. I am constructing my family tree and I need a couple of documents that seem to be unavailable to […]

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