Cupressus species

  PLANT 69 SMP JUN 09 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) This Conifer was seen in the garden of our Hotel Zerim in Manali.Though the commonest Conifer observed in Manali is Deodar I think this one is different.Awaiting comments… Try between Cupressus torulosa and C. macropoda       

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Cupressus macrocarpa (Cultivated)

Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 187 1847. (Syn: Callitropsis macrocarpa (Hartw.) D.P.Little; Cupressus hartwegii Carrière; Cupressus lambertiana Carrière; Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gordon; Cupressus macrocarpa var. angulata Lemmon; Cupressus macrocarpa var. farallonensis Mast.; Cupressus macrocarpa var. lambertiana (Carrière) Mast.; Cupressus macrocarpa subsp. lobosensis Silba; Cupressus reinwardtii Beissn.; Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel; Neocupressus […]

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Cuphea ignea (Introduced)

Cuphea ignea A.DC., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 500 C 1849. (syn: Cuphea liebmannii Koehne; Cuphea platycentra Lem.; Cuphea tubiflora hort. ex Lem.; Cuphea watsonii M. E. Jones; Parsonsia ignea (A. DC.) Standl.; Parsonsia liebmannii (Koehne) Standl.; Parsonsia platycentra (Lem.) Britton; Parsonsia watsoni (M. E. Jones) M. E. Jones);    Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), El Salvador (introduced), […]

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Cucurbitaceae member

  Id170809phk – indiantreepix | Google Groups climber for ID RDS 08/08/11:  Photographed yesterday on Matheran – Neral route I thought Cucurbitaceae…, any more pics showing leaves and tendrils?… Looking more closely I agree – I had mistaken the dark green leaf in the background as part of the plant but the leaf in the top […]

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Cucurbita species- differences

Cucurbita species– differences;     Cucurbita filicifolia chilacayote or Malabar gourd : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Cucurbita is a genus with numerous cultivars whose names can be most confusing the commonly used names pumpkin, squash, gourd, summer squash, winter squash could belong to any of the commonly grown species. Cucurbita filicifolia: Leaves […]

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Cucurbita foetidissima (USA)

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 123 1817. (Syn: Cucumis foetidissimus Hemsl. [Invalid]; Cucumis perennis E.James; Cucurbita foetidissima var. foetidissima ; Ozodycus perennis (E. James) Raf.; Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britton; Pepo foetidissimus Britton (Unresolved);   Fetid wild pumpkin, Calabazilla, Buffalo gourd or Missouri gourd;      Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucurbita foetidissima from California:   Cucubita foetidissima Kunth, […]

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Cucurbita ficifolia

Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 205 1837. (Syn: Cucurbita ficifolia f. leucosperma Zhiteneva; Cucurbita ficifolia f. melanosperma (A.Braun ex Gasp.) Zhit.; Cucurbita ficifolia var. mexicana G. Nicholson; Cucurbita melanosperma A.Braun ex Gasp.; Cucurbita mexicana Dammann; Pepo ficifolius (Bouché) Britton; Pepo malabaricus Sageret); Chilacayote, Malabar gourd, Fig-leaf gourd;   California […]

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Cucumis species ?

Cucumis species ?;   Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary– 5 SEP 09;  … 05SEP09 climber at TWLS – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Cucumis prophetarum

Cucumis prophetarum L., Cent. Pl. I 32 1755. (Syn: Cucumis amarus Stocks ex T.Anderson; Cucumis amarus Stocks ex Naudin; Cucumis anguinus Anderson; Cucumis arabicus Delile ex Naudin [Invalid]; Cucumis arabicus Delile; Cucumis foetidus Salisb.; Cucumis mascatensis Gand.; Cucumis rheedei Kostel.);  Images by Nayan Dungriyal & (Pravin Kawale – Id by Gurcharan Singh)     The elusive Cucumis prophetarum : […]

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Cucumis melo subsp. melo

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Sp. Pl. 1011 1753. (Syn: (=) Bryonia collosa Rottler; (=) Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.  ; Cucumis flexuosus L. [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]; Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]; Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]; (=) […]

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Cryptostegia madagascariensis

Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne., Prodr. 8: 492 1844. (syn: Cryptostegia glaberrima Hochr.; Cryptostegia madagascariensis var. glaberrima (Hochr.) Marohasy & P.I.Forst.; Cryptostegia madagascariensis var. madagascariensis ; Cryptostegia madagascariensis var. septentrionalis Marohasy & P.I.Forst.); Images by Ranjini Kamath & Shubhada Nikharge (Identified by J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Rubber vine, Madagascar rubbervine;   Flowering plant for ID […]

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Cryptostegia

  Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br.  (Images by Santhan P. & (Dev -identified by Hemson) & Raghu Ananth (Id by Dinesh Valke & Pankaj Joshi), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne. (Images by Ranjini Kamath & Shubhada Nikharge (Identified by J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) These are the differences given in Factsheet: Rubber […]

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Cryptolepis grandiflora

Cryptolepis grandiflora Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 831 1845. (syn: Cryptolepis wightiana Wall. [Invalid]; Echites coriaceus B.Heyne ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate]); Images by Vijayasankar Raman (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Apocynaceae-5 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Cryptolepis grandiflora of Periplocaceae, a beautiful climber with creamy white, […]

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Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis buchananii Schultes in Roemer & Schultes Images by J.M.Garg, Rashida Atthar, Dinesh Valke & Prashant Awale (Id by Dinesh Valke & Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)   Cryptolepis grandiflora Wight (Images by Vijayasankar Raman (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the […]

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Cryptocoryne spiralis

Cryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler, Linnaea 5: 428 1830. (Syn: Ambrosina spirialis (Retz.) Roxb.; Arum spirale Retz.;                       Cryptocoryne huegelii Schott; Cryptocoryne tortuosa Blatt. & McCann);    Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar & Prashant Awale (Id by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)       Kass plateau, […]

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Cryptocoryne

Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Kunth (Images by N. Muthu Karthick (Id by Jan D. Bastmeijer), Giby Kuriakose, Raju Das (Id by Manudev K Madhavan) & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))    Cryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler (Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar & Prashant Awale (Id by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) (Inserted by […]

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Croton tiglium ?

Croton tiglium ?;       Croton Tree? : 2 posts by 2 authors. Whilst reading “Kublai Khan” I came across something interesting that the author, John Man wrote about the Croton Tree which grows in Indian and Indonesia. He writes that ‘..the oil of its seeds blisters the skin and, if swallowed, inflames the stomach […]

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