• Ischaemum barbatum

    Ischaemum barbatum Retz., Observ. Bot. 6: 35 1791. (syn: Andropogon barbiger Steud.; Andropogon elatus Steud.; Andropogon esenbeckii Steud.; Andropogon geniculatus (Roxb.) Steud.; Andropogon gibbus (Trin.) Steud.; Andropogon lodicularis (Nees) Steud.; Andropogon meyenianus (Nees) Steud.; Ischaemum abrahamii Ravi, N.Mohanan, R.Rajesh; Ischaemum akoense Honda; Ischaemum barbatum var. hainanense Keng f. & H.R.Zhao; Ischaemum barbatum var. scabridulum Keng f. & H.R.Zhao; Ischaemum cylindricum Keng f. & H.R.Zhao; Ischaemum geniculatum Roxb.; Ischaemum…

  • Eriocaulon species- Ailawng, Mizoram

    MS,Nov.,2021/22 Herb for id.: 2 images. Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Date : 27-10-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Please check Erioculon ! What are the species reported in your book? Sorry ! Not found in my book Eriocaulon oryzetorum is recorded in Mizoram Lower leaves and roots, if possible,…

  • Dinetus malabaricus

    Dinetus malabaricus (C. B. Cl.) Staples, Blumea 51(3): 441 2006. (syn: Porana malabarica C.B.Clarke; Porana racemosa Dalzell & A.Gibson); . India as per POWO; . Common name: Malabar Snow Creeper • Marathi: भोवरी Bhowari • Tamil: துரோபதைகூந்தல் Turopatai-kuntal . Convolvulaceae Week :: Dinetus racemosus near Lonavala: Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Sweet din-EE-tus — from the…

  • Aspidopterys nutans

    Aspidopterys nutans (Roxb. ex DC.) Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 13: 267 1840. (syn: Aspidopterys lanuginosa (Wall.) A.Juss.; Hiraea lanuginosa Wall.; Hiraea nutans Roxb. ex DC.); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Climbing shrubs,…

  • Begonia species- Mizoram- Potentially new species?

    MS, Oct.,2021/18 Begonia sp. for id.- 2: 3 images. Posting separately being different from the original images. Location : Marpara Date : 05-10-2021 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Reply from Mark ji: Alas I have no idea about this one. Also occurs in Bangladesh. Potentially new.  

  • Wahlenbergia flexuosa

    Wahlenbergia flexuosa (Hook.f. & Thomson) Thulin, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 21(1): 158 1975. (syn: Cephalostigma erectum var. luteum Chiov.; Cephalostigma flexuosum Hook.f. & Thomson); . Tropical Africa to S. Arabian Peninsula, W. India: Cameroon, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre as per POWO; . Wahlenbergia flexuosa, Campanulaceae:…

  • Psychotria silhetensis

    Psychotria silhetensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 174 1880. (syn: Uragoga silhetensis (Hook.f.) Kuntze); . Arunachal Pradesh to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Shrubs, up to 3 m tall; branchlets stout; stem slender, pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite decussate; stipules ca. 1-2.5 x 0.5-1 cm, ovate-oblong, villous beneath; petioles…

  • Meliaceae member?- Dampui, Mizoram

    MS,Oct,2021/07 Tree for id.: Location : Dampui, Mizoram Date : 14-04-2016 Habit : Small tree ? Habitat : Wild Pl. post high res. images to see the details. 2 very high res. images. Any idea about the family or the genus? My first impression was something like Lepisanthes of Sapindaceae family. But,…

  • Aeschynanthus species- North Assam (Cultivated)

    Hoya sp SN11121: 2 high res. images. Climber cultivated in a House in North Assam Aeschynanthus ! I feel it may be Hoya only, as suggested by … It is Aeschynanthus lobbianus fruits only Please look at the flower images which are definitely Aeschynanthus. And leaf venetian also indicates the same ! OH!!! I missed to…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st October’21

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st October’21- 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 4,05,900 messages so far & membership currently around 3315 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • Elaeagnus species- Rara, Nepal

    SK 3089 29 October 2021: 7 very high res. images. Location: Rara, Nepal Altitude: 2957m. Date: 20 August 2021 Habit : Wild Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. ?? I think species can not be identified without checking the shape of the flowers. We do not have Elaeagnus umbellata so far in our site, as…

  • Pedicularis klotzschii

    Pedicularis klotzschii Hurusawa, J. Jap. Bot. 22: 184 1948. (syn: Pedicularis macrantha Klotzsch); . E. Central & Central Himalaya: Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 3088 29 October 2021: 9 very high res. images. Location: Rara, Nepal Altitude: 2957m. Date: 20 August 2021 Habit : Wild Pedicularis klotzschii Hurus….

  • Quercus griffithii

    Quercus griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 104 1864. (syn: Quercus aliena subsp. griffithii (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq.) Phengklai; Quercus aliena var. griffithii (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq.) Schottky); . E. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet,…

  • Artemisia stricta

    Artemisia stricta Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20 73 1846. (syn: Artemisia edgeworthii N. P. Balakr.); . Central Asia to Central China and Himalaya: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . SK 3085 28 October 2021: 3 very high res. images….

  • Cyperaceae member?- Ghats near Mumbai

    Grass for ID : Way to Mumbai : 29JUL21 : AK-14: 4 images. Grass seen in the ghats while travelling to Mumbai. No flowers as yet. Could this be the same posted earlier? Pennisetum pedicellatum? Resembles Chrysopogon asper ma’am, bur need flowers, Looks more like Cyperaceae This was growing all…

  • Clematis montana ?

    Ghangaria, Uttarakhand, Aug 2018 :: Clematis for ID :: ARK2021-135: 2 high res. images. Posting some old pics now. Saw this Clematis en route VOF from Ghangaria, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. Can this identified based on the leaves? No flowers were seen. Please check Clematis barbellata Edgew. Search of efi for Clematis barbellata brought…

  • Begonia thomsonii

    Begonia thomsonii A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 11: 134 1859. ; . Darjiling to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO; . Succulent herb; stems short, subwoody, covered with scale leaves, densely pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules persistent; petioles ca. 3-12 cm long, hispid; lamina ca. 7-19 x…

  • Lasianthus lucidus

    Lasianthus lucidus Blume, Bijdr. 997 1826. (syn: Mephitidia lucida (Blume) DC.; Nonatelia lucida (Blume) Kuntze); . China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Evergreen shrubs; branches and branchlets glabrous or sparsely strigose on…

  • Desmodium heterocarpon ?

    MS,Oct.,2021/40 Desmodium sp.? for id: 2 images. Location : Mawmrang tlang Date : 07-11-2019 Habit : Sub-shrub Habitat : Wild Please post clear and multiple images covering other aspects of SP. 1 slightly high res. image. I checked the key available in MS Oct,2018/17 Desmodium tortuosum ? for id/confirmation. It appears to…

  • Asystasia nemorum

    Asystasia nemorum Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 90 1832. (syn: Asystasia blumei Nees; Isochoriste javanica Miq.; Ruellia clavata Reinw. ex Valeton); . China (Yunnan to Guangdong) to Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands: China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS,Oct,2021/36 Herb for id.:…