Aralia species

   SYMBIOSIS 172: Attaching an image in which a Chestnut-tailed Starling and an Asiatic Pied Starling are on the fruits of Aralia sp. Attaching two more images for proper identification of the tree. Can it be Aralia cachemirica? There are a few trees in this area.   SYMBIOSIS : 282: Attaching an image of a Redbase […]

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Cynometra iripa

Cynometra iripa Kostel. (Syn: Cynometra bijuga sensu auct. (misapplied); Cynometra bijuga var. mimosoides (Baker) Merr.; Cynometra mimosoides (Baker) Prain; Cynometra ramiflora subsp. bijuga “Prain, p.p.”; Cynometra ramiflora var. bijuga (Miq.) Benth.; Cynometra ramiflora var. mimosoides Baker);   wrinkled pod mangrove • Malayalam: ഇരിപ്പ irippa • Sanskrit: मधुक madhuka • Tamil: attukaddupulli, kadumpuli;  May 18, “Fascination of […]

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Descurainia sophia

Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2): 192 1892. (Syn: Arabis sophia (L.) Bernh.; Crucifera sophia (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Descurainia sophia var. brachycarpa O.E. Schulz; Descurainia sophia var. macrophylla (Barnéoud) Prantl; Descurainia sophia var. sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl; Discurea sophia (L.) Schur; Hesperis sophia (L.) Kuntze; Phryne sophia (L.) Bubani; Sisymbrium parviflorum Lam.; […]

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Gymnosporia species

  sharing picture of Gymnosporia rothiana: Sharing pic of Gymnosporia rothiana. Kindly validate.     plant for id (first in a series of 5):  Photographed in a residential garden in BhopalDated- May 21, 2012.Habitat-WildHabit- young shrub , appx height-2 feetHabitat- wildLeaves- light green above and 5-6 cm long.Flowers: none seenFruits-none seenPhotos attached. Shall be grateful for […]

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Conyza species

Image by Bhagyashri Ranade  Conyza species;   efloraofindia:”For Id 09112011MR2’’ wild plant with leaves arranged in a whorl Pune: Kindly help Id this plant growing wild at Pune in Sep 2011 grows barely above the ground Leaves are green arranged in a whorl never seen any flowers or fruits … this is called a basal […]

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Gentiana venusta

Gentiana venusta (G.Don) Wall. ex Griseb., Gen. Sp. Gent. 276 1838. (Syn: Ericala venusta G.Don; Gentiana venusta Wall.; Gentianodes venusta (G.Don) Á.Löve & D.Löve [Invalid]);   Small herb stoloniferous herb barely 6 cm tall, stem barely more than 5 cm, sometimes absent; basal leaves up to 8 mm long, broadly obovate, sheathing at base; cauline […]

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Rhynchosia cana

Rhynchosia cana (Willd.) DC. (Syn: Glycine cana Willd.);  India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Bihar ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Orissa ; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh; Myanmar (N) ; Sri Lanka (N) as per ILDIS;   images by Dr. Giby Kuriakose   Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week_Flora of Bannerghatta_111111GK03_ID request: Date/Time- 15-10-2011 […]

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Jacksonia scoparia (Australia)

Jacksonia scoparia Sm. (Syn: Jacksonia scoparia R.Br.);   Australia (N) ; New South Wales ; Queensland as per ILDIS;     Fabaceae week-24-Australia: Spreading shrub– Jacksonia scoparia.      References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-31360?ref=tpl1 http://www.legumes-online.net/ildis/aweb/td076/td_16158.htm

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Dicerma

  Dicerma biarticulatum (L.) DC.    From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Dicerma biarticulatum (L.) DC. Shrub Plains to Dry Localities Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Ohashi, 1973 All districts   FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. : Desmodium biarticulatum […]

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Crotalaria pulchra

Crotalaria pulchra Andrews (Syn: Crotalaria pulcherrima Sims; Crotalaria pulcherrima DC.);  India (N): Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Tamil Nadu; Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS; Common name: Handsome Rattlepod • Telugu: Nela Janumu   Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: RVS7: Crotalaria pulchra: Crotalaria pulchra from Talakona, AP. Crotalaria pulchra Andrews : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.  Crotalaria pulchra Andrews(= […]

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Cajanus cajanifolius

IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT)Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen (Syn: Atylosia cajanifolia Haines; Cantharospermum cajanifolium (Haines) Raizada); images by Dr. Prasad Dash      Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Cajanus cajanifolius Syn. Atylosia cajanifolia_ 081111PD06 Flora of Orissa: sending the photograph of one of the threatened medicinal plant of Orissa and Endemic to […]

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Mimosa species

    vpsinghID24102011: 1 correct image as above. 4 fotos FYI & NA Pls, thanQ experts Please send the photographs in separate links and help the taxonomic experts to identify the plants in a systematic way. Otherwise, this would create confusion. Nevertheless, the second photograph looks like one of the Mimosa species. Please provide details […]

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Parabaena sagittata

Parabaena sagittata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2 7: 39 39 1851. (syn: Cissampelos oleracea Wall.; Cissampelos sagittata Buch.-Ham.; Parabaena ferruginea Miers; Parabaena heterophylla Miers; Parabaena oleracea Miers; Parabaena racemosa Gagnep.);     Nepal, Bhutan, India (Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mandalay), Tibet, Bangladesh, China (Yunnan, Guangxi, S-Guizhou), Vietnam, […]

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Rhodophiala (Hippeastrum)

  Rhodophiala rosea (Sweet) Traub (syn: Hippeastrum roseum (Sweet) Baker) Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J.M.Garg)    Rhodophiala (Hippeastrum) Species (Images by Surajit Koley (Id help by Ganesh M. Pradhan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Rhodophiala (Hippeastrum) Species (Images by Surajit Koley (Id help by Samir Mehta & Pankaj Sahani) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Rhodophiala (Hippeastrum) (‎Amaryllidaceae) page […]

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