Tree with prominent red bark

      Tree For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 040614 : AK-6 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Tree with prominent red bark, which had been peeled by Elephants. Id please.        

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Cuscuta species- Delhi

      Cuscuta reflexa – 08062014PC2 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). This Cuscuta species (probably C. reflexa) has thicker stem as compared to the flowering species posted in my earlier mail (PC1). Found all over Delhi. I have never seen it flower in Delhi. Appears to parasitize many plant species. Around March-April of […]

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Myrsine australis (USA)

Myrsine australis (A. Rich.) Allan, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 76: 596 1947. ;   Myrsine australis, commonly known as Red Matipo or Mapou[1] is a species of shrub within the family Myrsinaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand and found throughout the country and offshore islands.[2]  It has crinkly-edged leaves which make […]

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Cassytha filiformis ?

Cassytha filiformis ?;        Plant ID from Bangladesh SM049 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Climbing on shrub (green body looks like psilotum pteridophyt)Habitat: Hill forest along the stream Location: Chittagong Hill Tract Cassytha filiformis L.?      

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Clematis cadmia

Clematis cadmia Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 2 1872. (Syn: Clematis bracteata (Roxb.) Kurz [Illegitimate]; Clematis bracteata var. leptomera (Hance) Kuntze; Clematis cadmia var. leptomera (Hance) W.T.Wang; Clematis leptomera Hance; Clematis stronachii Hance; Clematis sulcata Wall. [Invalid]; Thalictrum bracteatum Roxb.);  India (Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur), Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma], China […]

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Amorphophallus margaritifer

Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 34 1837. (Syn: Arum margaritiferum Roxb.; Plesmonium dubium Schott; Plesmonium margaritiferum (Roxb.) Schott; Plesmonium margaritiferum f. minor Engl.);   Images by Sourav Mahmud (Id by Wilbert Hetterscheid & Pascal Bruggeman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)       Herb Id from Bangladesh […]

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Barleria species- HOST PLANT FOR PANSY BUTTERFLIES

      BARLERIA : HOST PLANT FOR PANSY BUTTERFLIES. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6). Few days back I saw few full grown caterpillars on a Barleria Sp. Krushnamegh Kunte’s book BUTTERFLIES OF PENINSULAR INDIA helped me zero on the species of butterfly to emerge. As per this book different Pansy butterfly […]

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51st Tree Appreciation Walk at Godrej Mangrove Centre, Vikhroli

    51st Tree Appreciation Walk at Godrej Mangrove Centre, Vikhroli on 14th June,14 at 9 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, Our 50th Mangrove Walk was one of the most physically challenging and emotionally inspiring Walk as we all discussed and understood the Joys & Perils of being a Mangrove forest……. […]

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Armeria maritima (USA)

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd., Enum. Pl. 333 1809. (syn: Androsace macloviana Cham.; Armeria armeria (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid]; Armeria campestris Wallr. .; Armeria duriuscula Bab.; Armeria elongata Koch .; Armeria expansa Wallr.; Armeria intermedia Link ex Boiss.; Armeria maritima var. alpinifolia (Pau & Font Quer) G.H.M.Lawr. …………………………….; Armeria miscella Merino; Armeria montana G.Don ex Loudon; Armeria planifolia Nyman; Armeria […]

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Armeria juniperifolia (USA)

Armeria juniperifolia (Vahl) Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 442 1817. (Syn: Armeria caespitosa var. isernii Vicioso & Beltrán; Armeria humilis Link; Armeria juniperifolia var. bigerrensis (Vicioso & Beltrán) G.H.M.Lawr.; Armeria juniperifolia var. isernii (Vicioso & Beltrán) G.H.M.Lawr.);   Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Plumbaginaceae-Armeria juniperifolia from California-GSJUNE08 : 1 post by 1 author. […]

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Dendrobium mutabile (Java)

Dendrobium mutabile (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 86 1830. (syn: Anisopetala mutabilis (Blume) M.A.Clem.; Anisopetala rigida (Blume) M.A.Clem.; Callista mutabilis (Blume) Kuntze; Dendrobium firmum Steud.; Dendrobium sclerophyllum Lindl.; Dendrobium triadenium Lindl.; Onychium mutabile Blume; Onychium rigidum Blume);             Plant of Central Java 24 : 4 posts by 2 authors. […]

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Seeds/ seedlings of native plants of UAE

    Seeds/seedlings of native plants of UAE : 3 posts by 2 authors. I am trying to source seeds/seedlings of native species of flora of UAE. Would anyone know how I can source them? Thanks a bunch! Thanks … Appreciate it. I design landscapes using only native plants of each region. Some people seeing […]

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Phanera ornata var. kerrii ?

Phanera ornata (Kurz) Thoth. var. kerrii (Gagnep.) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal et M.K. Pathak, comb. et stat. nov. (Syn: Bauhinia kerrii Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 173 (1912).; Bauhinia ornata Kurz var. kerrii (Gagnep.) K. Larsen & S.S. Larsen, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 18: 208 (1980).) ?; NE India, Laos, Myanmar, N Thailand, N Viet­nam […]

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Bryonia

Two species of Bryonia L. (CUCURBITACEAE) are occurring in India1. 1. Bryonia aspera Steven ex Ledeb.    Distribution: Global: Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. In India: NW India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh. 2. Bryonia monoica Aitch. & Hemsl.    Distribution: Global: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and India. In […]

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40. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April.’14

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April.’14- more than 9500 species : 1 post by 1 author. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than 1,87,000 messages so far & […]

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Syzygium species- Bangladesh

      Syzygium Id from Bangladesh SM009 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Habit: Small Tree Habitat: Village thickets Fruiting: May Location: Tatulia I think this is Syzygium floribundum Thanks, …, for id. But Syzygium floribundum F.Müll. does not have any distribution in Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life. Hi, …, I am unable […]

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Terminalia species- Peculiar foliar glands

      Terminalia sp. for Id_15.05.204_AK_01 : 16 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (9). after a long time here I’m posting a few plant photos. I think, Genus is Terminalia, Combretaceae . On lower surface of leaf there are 2 prominent glands are present which i never saw before !! Location Satara, Maharashtra, 08.05.2014 […]

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Rotala mexicana

Rotala mexicana Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5: 67 1830. (syn: Ammannia mexicana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Baill.; Ammannia rosea Poir.; Ammannia rotala F.Muell.; Ammannia verticillaris Baill.; Hypobrichia spruceana Benth.; Hypobrichia spruceana var. tenuifolia Griseb.; Rotala apetala F.Muell.; Rotala diglossa Koehne; Rotala halophila H. Perrier; Rotala leptopetala (Blume) Koehne; Rotala littorea (Miq.) Nakai; Rotala longibracteolata Domin; Rotala […]

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