Clusia rosea Jacq. (Images by Satish Phadke (ID by Ajinkya Gadave) and Prashant Awale) Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 11.11.14: Botanical name Family Common name Clusia rosea Clusiaceae Autograph Tree Clusia (Clusiaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 […]
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Quassia amara (Introduced)
Quassia amara L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 553 1762. (Syn: Quassia alatifolia Stokes; Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl.; Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist; Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl.; Quassia crocea Vahl; Quassia officinalis Rich.); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), Venezuela (Barinas, Bolivar, Zulia), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, […]
Acorus calamus ?
Acorus calamus ?; plant for ID060311AMS1: Local name bach grows in aquatic conditions – It is possible, especially if it is bach (local name), the leaves are, however, slightly curved and broader in above plant. Also the aquatic habit goes in favour of Acorus. – This is a very fragrant plant. Even while plucking a […]
Majidea zanguebarica (Introduced)
Majidea zanguebarica J. Kirk ex Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 11: 78, t. 1097 78 1871. (syn. Harpullia zanguebarica (J.Kirk) Radlk.); SE-Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Jamaica (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Black Pearl, Velvet-seed Tree, Mgambo Tree; The mgambo tree, Majidea zangueberica, native to East […]
Majidea
Majidea zanguebarica J. Kirk ex Oliv. (Introduced) (SE-Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Jamaica (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life) Flora of Peninsular India: Majidea zanguebarica Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 21.1.14: Botanical […]
Ainsliaea aptera
Ainsliaea aptera DC., 14 1838.; Images by Nidhan Singh, Gurcharan Singh & D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Perennial herb producing leafless spikes in March-May, with white to pinkish drooping heads; Leaves appearing later, broadly triangular to orbicular-cordate on up to 10 cm long petioles. […]
Vallisneria natans ?
Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 49: 136 1974. (Syn: Physkium natans Lour.; Vallisneria americana var. biwaensis (Miki) Lowden; Vallisneria asiatica Miki; Vallisneria asiatica var. biwaensis Miki; Vallisneria asiatica var. higoensis Miki; Vallisneria biwaensis (Miki) Ohwi; Vallisneria gigantea var. higoensis (Miki) Kitam.; Vallisneria higoensis (Miki) Ohwi; Vallisneria minor Ito; Vallisneria natans var. biwaensis (Miki) H.Hara; […]
Vallisneria
Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara Vallisneria spiralis L. Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara ?
Posoqueria latifolia
Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 227 1819. (Syn: Solena latifolia Rudge; Tocoyena latifolia (Rudge) Lam.); Needle Flower Tree; Posoqueria latifolia: Would like to share pictures of, not very common tree, Posoqueria latifolia – Rubiaceae family- just started flowering in Rani Bagh, Mumbai. The fruit seen in the picture may be […]
Gomphocarpus
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. (Images by Prashant Awale, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, S. Selvalakshmi (Id by Mahadeswara Swamy) & Balkar Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Gomphocarpus (Apocynaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through Gomphocarpus (Apocynaceae) page with images of species (done […]
Getonia
Getonia floribunda Roxb.
Grewia villosa
Grewia villosa Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 205 1803. (Syn: Balmeda corylifolia Nocca; Grewia chaunothamnus K.Schum.; Grewia corylifolia A.Rich.; Grewia echinulata Delile; Grewia heynei Steud.; Grewia micropetala Bertol.; Grewia orbiculata G.Don; Grewia villifera Sweet; Grewia villosa B.Heyne ex Roth; Grewia villosa var. glabrior K.Schum.; Tridermia papillosa Raf.); India: Occasional in scrub and […]
Syzygium bankense (Indonesia)
Syzygium bankense (Hassk.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 160 1939. (Syn: Eugenia bankensis (Hassk.) Backer; Eugenia besukiensis Merr.; Jambosa buxifolia Miq.; Microjambosa bankensis Hassk.; Microjambosa besukiensis Hassk. ex Miq.; Syzygium besukiense (Merr.) Masam.); Java (introduced), Borneo, Philippines (Mindoro), Palawan, Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.) as per Catalogue of Life; Syzygium bankense: I am […]
Zeuxine grandis
Zeuxine grandis Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 32: 90 1978.; A new synonym of Zeuxine grandis (Orchidaceae): http://www.richardiana.com/?rub=resumes&no=XI2f This work is important firstly taxonomically as we have merged an endemic orchid of Uttarakhand with a non endemic so reducing the number of endemic orchids of Uttarakhand. Secondly because, it was my dream to have an […]
Sobralia chrysostoma ?
Sobralia chrysostoma Dressler, Orchids 70: 750 2001. ? Orchid from Costa Rica for ID — TB23022011: I am posting some photos of an orchid that was recorded from Costa Rica. The photos were taken by one of friend who was on a hiking trip out there. Though this plant has nothing to do with Indian […]
Sobralia
Naregamia
Naregamia alata Wight & Arn.
Cycas swamyi
Cycas swamyi Rita Singh & P.Radha , Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 431 2008.; Images by Mahadeswara Swamy ID confirmation MS180211 – 12- Cycas swamyi: Cycas swamyi. Cycadaceae. – The plant Cycas swamyi has been recently described in 2008 from Karnataka by Dr. Rita Singh. imagine it has already been adapted in the gardens […]
Cistanche
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight
Sonchus species
ID help please: An Asteraceae, to me, but was quite far off and in a locked campus…. just managed to shoot the flowers. Apologies for not including the leaves… Patuli, Kolkata, India 20 feb 2011 Sonchus asper from Lohari Panipat: Sonchus asper?? from Lohari Panipat The more I see Sonchus species, more confused I get, […]
