Dioscorea alata ?

Dioscorea alata ?;   Validation of images 59,60 300915 Dioscorea . : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) images of Dioscorea bulbifera found on hill slope of Nasik please validate   It does look like D. bulbifera.  I think more closer to Dioscorea alata L. rather than those at Dioscorea bulbifera L. D. alata leaves are more longer than wide, […]

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105th TAW at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey, Mumbai

105th TAW at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey, Mumbai on 22nd Sep,2019 at 8 am : 3 posts by 3 authors. Many of us took Aarey’s forest for granted that it will always be available to us and our children to explore the jungle and its mysteries …. Its wilderness has always allured many of […]

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Argyreia cymosa ?

Argyreia cymosa ?;   Argyreia climber from South Goa : 02Jun19 : VK : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Please help me Id Habitat: scrub forest Place: South Goa Date: 02 June 2019 Any flower, fruit ? Pl. try at  /species/a—l/cl/convolvulaceae/argyreia  I don’t have a flower and fruit photo sir. Looks like Argyreia nervosa […]

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Fimbristylis lawiana ?

Fimbristylis lawiana ?;   Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH :: Grass2 (?) for ID :: ARK2019-96 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) This is another grass that was seen in by the roadside in the Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH in Aug 2019. Would be very happy to get even a genus level ID […]

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Myrsine semiserrata ?

Myrsine semiserrata ?;   Shrub / tree for ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,500 m.Habit : Shrub or tree Habitat : WildDate : 25-11-2013 Myrsine ?? I too think it may be from Myrsinaceae May come out to be Myrsine semiserrata as in SK1069 06 APR-2018

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Trametes species- Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

  SK2009 18 June 2019 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 7 June 2019 Elevation: 1508 m.  Habit : Wild  May be some Tricholoma species. Pl. see Tricholoma species- Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal   I think wrong suggestion earlier by mistake. Pl. check comparative images at Class Agaricomycetes‎ Pl. check Trametes species- […]

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Suillus

As per efi thread: Species listed in Nepal: Suillus aeruginascens Suillus asiaticus Suillus bovinus Suillus cavipes Suillus granulates Suillus himalayana Suillus laricinus Suillus placidus Suillus sibiricus Suillus viscidus Suillus bovinus (L.) Roussel ?     Suillus species ?- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal   Suillellus species- Suryabinayak, Nepal   Suillus species ?- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal   Suillus […]

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Suillaceae

Suillus bovinus (L.) Roussel ?     Suillus species ?- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal   Suillellus species- Suryabinayak, Nepal   Suillus species ?- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal   Suillus species?- Pharping, Nepal  

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103. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st August’19

Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st August’19 – more than 13,000 species : 4 posts by 4 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,29,900 messages so far & membership currently […]

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Mycena species- Nagarkot, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK 2166 31 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- 1 mb or more.  Location: Nagarkot,, Kathmandu Date: 03 August  2019 Elevation: 1888 m. Habit : Wild  Pl. check comparative images at Order Agaricales Looks like Mycena but could not go further !

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Salvadora persica var. angustifolia (Oman)

Salvadora persica var. angustifolia Verdc.;     Salvadora persica : Meswak : Oman : 010713 : AK-5 :  Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. Recently, a picture had come up for id I think by … Sharing pictures taken in Oman on 25/5/2012. There are lots of these bushes/shrubs… I don’t know what to call […]

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Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’ (USA) ?

Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’;   Coreopsis Species for ID : New York : 29AUG19 : AK-41 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Coreopsis Species seen in Manhattan, opp Battery Park in June, 17. Short plants, growing in a flower bed. On searching, looks close to Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’. Experts, kindly verify. Coreopsis, ok. flower […]

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Coreopsis

Coreopsis auriculata L. (Images by Vishal Wankhade (Id by Gurcharan Singh & E S Santhosh Kumar), Balkar Singh (Validation by Neha Singh), Gurcharan Singh, D S Rawat & Anita (Validation by Gurcharan Singh)(Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   Coreopsis lanceolata L. (Images by Sandhya Sasidharan (Id by Gunjan Sud & validated […]

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Oberonia falcata

Oberonia falcata King & Pantl. (syn: Oberonia caudata King & Pantl.; Oberonia pendula Ridl.); Assam; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Malaya; Nepal; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Plant 10-24cm tall; roots fasciculate. Stem leafy, fle x ouse, covered by leaf sheaths, 6-12.5cm tall. Leaves 5 or 6, linear-ensiform, falcate, sheathing at base, 1.5-5 […]

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Trametes species- Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal

  SK2118 15 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 550 kb each.  Location: Godawari, Lalitpur,, Nepal Altitude: 1566 m. Date: 21 July 2019 Habit : Wild shelf fungi Pl. check your earlier id’s. You have posted something similar.  agree I think some Favolus‎ species as per comparative images […]

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Save Aarey Forest

Government of Maharashtra: Save Aarey Forest : 4 posts by 4 authors. I just signed the petition “Government of Maharashtra: Save Aarey Forest” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.Our goal is to reach 300,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:http://chng.it/SCs87DnCwL […]

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Importance of eforaofindia site

Importance of eforaofindia site : 27 posts by 6 authors. I got an insightful comments, mentioned in one thread by … (who is deeply involved in Indian Flora facebook group and recently in efi group) as per one thread as below: “For identification of species, I primarily rely on FOI and EFI. Google is helpful too, […]

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Premna species- Bonsai- Mumbai

  Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Verbenaceae :: Id Request – Premna :: Mumbai :: ARKMAY-78/78 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Requesting to please provide ID of the plant. This is a Bonsai of a Premna in Mumbai. The leaves are very glossy and thickish. The original size of the leaves is […]

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