Eriocaulon species- Reiek tlang, Mizoram

MS, Nov.,2023/07 Grass ? for id: 2 images. Location : Reiek tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 04-11-2023 Habit : Small grass ? Habitat : Wild https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/28/eriocaulon/ Thank you. Difficult to identify Eriocaulon to species level. What species are reported from your area? Sorry ! Not found in my book  

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Triumfetta species- Ailawng, Mizoram

MS, Nov.,2023/10 Triumfetta sp. ? for id: 1 image. Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,250 m Date : 04-11-2023 Habit : Undershrub Habitat : Wild https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/03/triumfetta/ Thank you. No. of stamens and fruits etc. are required for species id.  

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Verbena officinalis ?

Verbena officinalis L.: Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 08 October 2023 Elevation: 1407m.  Habit: Wild Why leaves are looking different from https://efloraofindia.com/2011/09/03/verbena-officinalis/? I was also confused at the beginning but some images led me to this ID. https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/e40419ef11271 http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200019436 Could it be something else ? https://www.wildflowersprovence.fr/plant/verbena-officinalis/ Leaves do not seem to match. Did not find […]

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Ilex odorata

Ilex odorata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 189 (1825) (syn: Ilex gaultheriifolia Kurz ; Ilex odorata var. teysmannii Loes. ; Ilex theifolia Hook.f. ; Myrsine theifolia Wall. ); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Fragrant Himalayan Holly . MS, Oct.,2023/12 Tree for id: 2 images. Location : […]

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Celtis philippensis ?

494 ID wild tree: 18 high res. images. Please ID wild tree, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 31MAR2023, 10.45am Habitat: wild moisture rocky outcrop evergreen misty sloppy canopied windy alpine Plant habit: small tree deciduous, erect, branches, hard cylindrical stem 04 inches base circumference, rough brownish bark Height: […]

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Cayratia species- Behali Reserve Forest, Assam

Vitaceae for identification-10: 4 very high res. images. Help me identify this Vitaceae member Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam on 20 ‎April ‎2019. The forest type is Semi Evergreen. Check with Cyratia sps.. Yes, possible. Pl. check species listed in the area. Also see comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/14/cayratia/

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Smaller Carnivores of India by Shantanu Bhattacharya

New Book: Smaller Carnivores of India released: 3 images- 1 high res. Book: Smaller Carnivores of India……a Complete illustrated Encyclopaedia You can Order your copy on Amazon by clicking on the given link: https://amzn.eu/d/9dC9QV2 It’s an amazing Book full of stunning Photographs by some great Wildlife photographers and detailed information on all Wild Cats and […]

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Rhodobryum giganteum

Rhodobryum giganteum Paris, 1898; . Plants dark greenish-brown, large and robust; stem stoloniferous, branched by subfloral innovations; leaves at upper forming rosettes of large crown, spreading, spathulate from a narrow base, 15 x 2.5 mm, bordered by two layers of elongated cells, teeth in pairs, lower leaves distant, scale-like; costa strong, excurrent, stout below; cells rhomboidal […]

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Dioscorea laurifolia

Dioscorea laurifolia Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 293 (1892) (syn: Dioscorea laurifolia var. hookeri R.Knuth); . Peninsula Thailand to Malaya, Borneo: Borneo, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Assam as per publication . Dioscorea for identification-12: 3 very high res. images. Help me identify this Dioscorea member Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam on 21 ‎April […]

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Limeaceae

Limeum obovatum Vicary (Mauritania to NW. India: Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen as per POWO)    

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Limeum

Limeum obovatum Vicary (Mauritania to NW. India: Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen as per POWO)    

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Limeum obovatum

Limeum obovatum Vicary, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1163 (1847) (syn: Limeum indicum Stocks ex T.Anderson); . Mauritania to NW. India: Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen as per POWO; . SD0180 plant ID Help pls: 2 high res. images. Kindly help with ID of […]

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Cenchrus prieurii

Cenchrus prieurii (Kunth) Maire, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 523 (1931) (syn: Cenchrus hystrix Fig. & De Not. ; Cenchrus macrostachyus Hochst. ex Steud. ; Cenchrus prieurii var. scaber Bhandari ; Pennisetum breviflorum Steud.; Pennisetum prieurii Kunth); . Sahara to Myanmar: Algeria, Assam, Burkina, Chad, Ethiopia, India, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Yemen as per POWO; . […]

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Rhamnaceae member- Behali Reserve Forest, Assam

Lauraceae for identification-11: 4 high res. images. Help me identify this Lauraceae member Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam on 21 ‎April ‎2019. The forest type is Semi Evergreen. Appears to be from https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/18/rhamnaceae/  

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Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Oct.’23

Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Oct.’23: more than 14,000 species: 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 4,58,100 messages so far & membership currently more than 3465 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is […]

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Lamiaceae member- Dhenkanal, Odisha

KPD1 291023: Regarding identification of the species collected from Dhenkanal Odisha on Oct 23: 3 high res. images. Lamiaceae ! Images not clear ! Yes, you are right, … Floral or fruiting details are not clear.  

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Clematis species- Tamil Nadu

MS/2023/135 – ID of the plant.: 2 images. I am forwarding herewith the photos of a climber photographed in a forest area in Tamil Nadu recently by a friend. Please ID the plant. For me it is a Clematis species. I guess it is close to Clematis smilacifolia Wall. For me it looks species Id is also […]

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Menispermaceae member- Behali Reserve Forest, Assam

Unknown plant for identification-5?: 5 very high res. images. Help me identify this Unknown member. Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam on 20 ‎March ‎2019. The forest type is Semi Evergreen. Looks like Abuta species Yes. Something from Menispermaceae. But unable to close in. Mostly looks like Abuta rufescens It does not have any distribution in […]

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Clematis species- Hmuifang, Mizoram

MS, Oct., 2023/02 Herb for id: 3 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,560 m Date : 27-10-2023 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild Looks like Clematis ! Yes. Difficult for species id without flowers.  

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