Narilata

    Narilata : 2 posts by 2 authors. May I ask you to please solve this mystery. One of my friend has posted a picture of Narilata plant but it looks fake. Wikipidea has the same picture with same answer, So is there any plant occurs like that in Himalaya or it’s a complete […]

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Bougainvillea ‘Scarlet Queen Variegata’

  Bougainvilleas with Variegated Leaves : Flower Show,Mumbai : 200214 : AK-15 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.  Seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai on 16/2/14. Kindly give the Cultivar name. Bougainvillea ‘scarlet queen variegata’ Thanks for the id          

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Info request

    Info request : 1 post by 1 author. If there is anyone in this group who has worked on plants / biodiversity of Kas plateau, please mail me at … I am looking for some info for an article. It may be of some help: Kas Plateau          

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Piper species- Senapati, Manipur

    identification of piper species : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). kindly help in identificationof this piper species which i have attached. It is a creeper, it hasnt flower yet. found in high altitude in deep forest in senapati, manipur.Thank you for your kind help. It is difficult to identify the plant […]

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Salix × fragilis f. vitellina (Introduced)

Salix × fragilis f. vitelline (L.) I.V.Belyaeva, Skvortsovia 4: 47 (2018) (syn: Nectolis vitellina (L.) Raf.; Salix alba var. chermesina Hartig; Salix alba var. vitellina (L.) Stokes; Salix alba f. vitellina (L.) Wimm.; Salix australior Andersson; Salix × basfordiana Scaling ex J.Salter; Salix × chrysostela Dode; Salix × fragilis f. basfordiana (Scaling ex J.Salter) P.D.Sell; […]

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Hyssopus officinalis (Cultivated)

Hyssopus officinalis L., Sp. Pl. 569 1753. (Syn: Hyssopus alopecuroides Fisch. ex Benth.; Hyssopus altissimus Mill.; Hyssopus angustifolius M.Bieb.; Hyssopus beugesiacus Jord. & Fourr.; Hyssopus caucasicus Spreng. ex Steud.; Hyssopus decumbens Jord. & Fourr.; Hyssopus fischeri Steud.; Hyssopus hirsutus Hill; Hyssopus judaeorum Sennen; Hyssopus myrtifolius Desf.; Hyssopus officinalis var. angustifolius (M.Bieb.) Benth. ………; Hyssopus orientalis Adam […]

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Salix babylonica f. tortuosa (Introduced)

Salix babylonica f. tortuosa Y.L.Chou, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(1-2): 159 (1981) (syn: Salix matsudana f. tortuosa (Vilm.) Rehder);   Salix matsudana (Chinese Willow) is a species of willow native to northeastern China. The species is named in honour of Sadahisa Matsuda, a Japanese botanist. Three varieties are recognized, Salix matsudana var. anshanensis, S. matsudana […]

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Salix species- California, USA

    Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Salix sp. for ID from California-GSFEB-31: 2 posts by 2 authors. This salix was photographed in California on July 6, 2008. Please help in ID.          

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Salix species- Himachal (3500-3900 m asl)

      Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Salix sp. for identification from Himachal, GSG-01 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. During my various visits to high altitude areas in Himachal (3500-3900 m asl) I have clicked photos of some Salix species, that are pending identification. I am searching my image repository to locate […]

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Salix sericocarpa

Salix sericocarpa Andersson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 43–44 1860. (Syn: Salix dolichostachya Flod.; Salix rehderiana var. lasiogyna C. Wang & P.Y. Fu);   Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO (syn: Salix insignis Andersson; Salix oxycarpa Andersson); Common name: Silky Fruit Willow • Ladakhi: Biyuns      Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) […]

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Betula species ?- California

      Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: ?Poplar in California SMP10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Tree in California. Is it from Salicaceae? This not Populus. Perhaps it belongs to the Birch family        

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47th Tree Appreciation Walk in Lake View Garden, Hiranandani Powai

    47th Tree Appreciation Walk in Lake View Garden, Hiranandani Powai on 23rd Feb,14 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Dear Friends, ‘Rituraj Vasant’, the king of all the seasons, has made its presence felt here in the gardens of Mumbai………..one such garden Lake View Park in Hiranandani Powai, […]

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Sageretia

As per efi thread: Key to Sageretia species in Uttakhand:  1A: Inflorescence a spike   2A: Spike oblong, as long as or double the length of petiole of the subtending leaf (less than 1/3 the   subtending leaf lamina); flowers up to 12 in number …….. S. santapaui   2B: Spike linear, more or less equalling […]

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Salix species- Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh

    Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Willowa in Spiti valley. SMP 8 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image. There were few plantations of these Willows in some part of Spiti valley. Jun 2009. Eager to know the ID     Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight: Willowa in Spiti valley. SMP 9 : 1 post […]

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Symplocos macrophylla subsp. macrophylla

Symplocos macrophylla Wall., Numer. List 4431 1831. (Syn: Eugeniodes jucundum (Thw.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes macrophyllum (Wall.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes marginale (Thw.) Kuntze; Lodhra gardneriana Miers; Lodhra jucunda (Thw.) Miers; Lodhra macrophylla (Wall.) Miers; Lodhra marginalis (Thw.) Miers; Symplocos barberi Gamble; Symplocos gardneriana Wight; Symplocos ifsiana C. E. C. Fischer; Symplocos jucunda Thw.; Symplocos marginalis Thw.);       India (Assam, […]

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Dalbergia coromandeliana

Dalbergia coromandeliana Prain (Syn: Dalbergia spinosa Wight & Arn.);  India (N); Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS ;     Nagamalai 1130214 TBN 2014 Feb 3? Dalbergia coromandeliana for validation : Attachments (4).  4 posts by 2 authors. Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: Date : 09.02.14                                                           Location :Nagamalai hills near Melakkal, Sholavandan, MaduraiAltitude […]

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Casearia wynadensis

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Casearia wynadensis Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 34 1869. ; India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life;   Malayalam: Kari-kunnan Small trees to 7 m; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; petiole 4-10 mm, slender, tomentose; lamina 7-18 x 3-5.5 cm, lanceolate or […]

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Populus alba

Populus alba L., Sp. Pl. 1034 1753. (Syn: Leuce alba (L.) Opiz; Populus acerifolia Lodd. ex Loud.; Populus aegyptiaca Hort. ex W. Baxt.; Populus alba var. hickeliana (Dode) Fiori; Populus alba var. integrifolia Ball; Populus alba subsp. major (Mill.) R. Kam.; Populus alba var. microphylla Maire; Populus alba subsp. nivea (Willd.) Maire & Weiller; Populus […]

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