Magnolia nilagirica

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Magnolia nilagirica (Zenker) Figlar, Proc. Int. Symp. Magnoliac. 23 2000. (Syn: Michelia glauca Wight; Michelia nilagirica Zenker; Michelia nilagirica var. walkeri (Wight) Hook.f. & Thomson; Michelia nilagirica var. wightii Hook.f. & Thomson; Michelia ovalifolia Wight; Michelia pulneyensis Wight; Michelia walkeri Wight; Sampacca nilagirica (Zenker) Kuntze);   Images by Santhan […]

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Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Statistics

    Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Statistics : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. I have compiled the statistics on an excel sheet as usual of the genera and species discussed during the fortnight. 24 Salix sp. and 15 Populus sp. were discussed.Flacourtia Caesaria Homalium and Oncoba were also discussed Thanks so much … […]

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Plant – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show 2014

      Requesting ID of this plant – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show 2014 – Feb 2014 :: 28022014 :: ARK-19 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please ID this plant captured at the Flower Show 2014 at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai in February 2014.        

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Magnolia figo (Cultivated)

Magnolia figo (Lour.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 460 1817. (Syn: Liriodendron figo Lour.; Liriopsis fuscata (Andrews) Spach; Magnolia annonifolia Salisb.; Magnolia fasciata Vent.; Magnolia figo var. figo ; Magnolia fuscata Andrews …; Magnolia meleagrioides DC.; Magnolia parviflora Blume; Magnolia parvifolia DC.; Magnolia versicolor Salisb.; Michelia fascicata (Andrews) Vent.; Michelia figo (Lour.) Spreng.; Michelia fuscata (Andrews) Blume; […]

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Impatiens vidyae

Impatiens vidyae R.C.Srivast.;         Fwd: Impatiens vidyae original photos : 2 posts by 1 author. To day I found that wrong photo of Impatiens vidyae is uploaded on ur website. I am sending herewith (attached jpg images-3) which are the original photos. Last foto of open flower is showing the characteritic feature of this species. […]

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Magnolia × thompsoniana (Cultivated- USA)

Magnolia ×thompsoniana de Vos, Ned. Fl. & Pomon. 131, T. 43. 1876 ;        Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight: Magnoliaceae- Magnolia thompsonianai from California-GSMAR7 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. Magnolia x thompsoniana De Vos  A hybrid between M. tripetala and M. virginiana with fragrant creamy-white flowers up to 15 cm […]

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48th Tree Appreciation Walk at Heritage Garde, Powai

48th Tree Appreciation Walk on 9th March,14 at Heritage Garde, Powai at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. This is our 48th Walk and with this we complete four years of TAW. We dedicate this Walk to the Palm trees of Heritage Garden, Powai , many of them are flowering & fruiting, such […]

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Magnolia pterocarpa

IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD) Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 62 1820. (Syn: Lirianthe grandiflora Spach; Liriodendron grandiflorum Roxb.; Liriodendron indicum Spreng.; Magnolia sphenocarpa Hook.f. & Thomson; Michelia macrophylla D.Don; Sphenocarpus pterocarpus (Roxb.) K.Koch; Talauma roxburghii G.Don); Nepal to Bangladesh as per WCSP; Images by Ananta Borah, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Dilleniaceae, […]

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Huernia keniensis (Cultivated)

Huernia keniensis R.E.Fr., Acta Horti Berg. 9: 79 1927. ; Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Dan Rhoads & J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Succulent For ID : Caralluma : Flower Show,Mumbai : 240214 : AK-19 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). […]

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Orbea variegata ?

Orbea variegata (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 40 1812. (Syn: Stapelia variegata L.; Stapelia variegata var. brevicornis N.E. Br.; Stisseria variegata (L.) Kuntze) ?; Images by Aarti S Khale (Id help by Dan Rhoads) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)   Succulent For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : […]

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Agapetes variegata

Agapetes variegata (Roxb.) D.Don ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 862 1834. (Syn: Agapetes pulcherrima (Klotzsch) Benth. & Hook.f.; Caligula odontocera Klotzsch; Caligula pulcherrima Klotzsch; Thibaudia variegata Wall. [Invalid]; Vaccinium variegatum (Roxb.) Kurz);   requesting id of this parasitic plant found on trees of arunachal Pradesh : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors. i am […]

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Leucojum

  Leucojum aestivum L. (Images by Alka Khare, Identified by Vijayasankar Raman (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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Brownea crawfordii ?

Brownea crawfordii W. Watson, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9:398. 1891 ?;      ID Confirmation Request_Scarlet Flame Bean(Brownea coccinea) from Kolkata :: 13022014-DC-Feb-02 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4). This tree in bloom at AHSI Garden, Kolkata looks Scarlet Flame Bean (Brownea coccinea) to me. Photographed on 09.02.2014. ID confirmation is requested. Brownea […]

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Memecylon ponmudianum

Memecylon ponmudianum AMBIKABAI RAGHAVANPILLAI SIVU, MATALAI KOKKARAMATH RATHEESH NARAYANAN, NEDIYAPARAMBU SUKUMARAN PRADEEP, ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN SANTHOSH KUMAR, ALAGRAMAM GOVINDASAMY PANDURANGAN, 2014;       A new species of Memecylon from Kerala : 6 posts by 6 authors. Kindly see the following link :

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Friesodielsia sahyadrica

Friesodielsia sahyadrica Navendu V. Page, Siddharthan Surveswaran, 2014;    Images by Navendu Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg)        new species.-photos. : 24 posts by 20 authors. Attachments (4).   Friesodielsia sahyadrica– a rare shrub has been discovered last year by Navendu Page within Kathlekan forest in north Karnatak. This species belongs to the family of […]

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Friesodielsia

  Friesodielsia sahyadrica Navendu V. Page, Siddharthan Surveswaran (Images by Navendu Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg))    A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Friesodielsia fornicata (Roxb.) D. Das- India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Andamans, Nicobars]; Bangladesh; Burma  Friesodielsia khoshooi Vasu. & T. Chakrab.- […]

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Abutilon ramosum

Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 68 1831. (Syn: Abutilon elaeocarpoides Webb; Abutilon ramosum var. chevalieri Hochr. ex Ulbr.; Abutilon ramosum var. pfundii Ulbr.; Abutilon ramosum var. sparmannioides (Guill. & Perr.) Hochr.; Abutilon sidoides Dalzell & A.Gibson; Abutilon sparmannioides Guill. & Perr.; Sida ramosa Cav.; Sida sparmannioides Steud. (Unresolved));    Images by (Sehrish […]

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Erythroxylum coca

Erythroxylum coca Lam., Encycl. 2: 393 1786. (syn: Erythroxylum bolivianum Burck; Erythroxylum chilpei E.Machado; Erythroxylum coca var. coca );       Interesting plants of AJCB Indian Botanic Garden: COCO (Erythroxylum coca), Shibpur, Howrah: SCFEB21: Attachments (1). 7 posts by 5 authors. Erythroxylum coca Lam. (Erythroxylaceae) It is an exotic (to India), cultivated coca plant native […]

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