• Vigna species- Nasik, Maharashtra

    Wild Climber for ID : Borgad Conservation Reserve : Nasik : 21SEP21 : AK – 028: 2 images. Wild climber seen this week (21.9.21) at the base of Borgad. Could not see the leaves hidden in the other plants. Vigna Species? Yes it seems Vigna ma’am, but need information to…

  • Curcuma nepalensis

    Curcuma nepalensis M. Sabu, Kasaju & S. Subedi, August 2023 Annales Botanici Fennici 60(1), 185-189.; . SK 2958 10 September 2021: 8 very high res. images. Location: Surkhet, West Nepal Altitude: 1353 m. Date: 12 August 2021 Habit : Wild Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. ?? What was the basis for Curcuma angustifolia Roxb.? That was…

  • Terminalia species with galls- Santiniketan, West Bengal

    ID please: 2 high res. images. ID, please. The tree is about 40ft tall. fruit is like berry type about 2 cm diameter and the test is bitter. Please help me to identify this plant. Place : Santiniketan, West Bengal. Date of sighting : 9 September 2021 It appears quite…

  • Zingiber parishii

    Zingiber parishii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 99: t. 6019 1873.; . Indo-China: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Zingiber parishii Hook.f. (Zingiberaceae) for validation: 4 images. I am attaching herewith a few images for validation. This is identified as Zingiber parishii Hook.f. and the images were shot by Dr. M.C. Naik from Andaman Islands…

  • USA- Conifers in Japanese Tea Garden, California

      Request for ID : Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park : San Francisco : 14SEP21 : AK – 018: 3 images. While going through my California plants, I came across some which I had missed posting earlier. Seen in the Japanese Tea Garden, inside the Golden Gate Park. ….

  • Amaranthus tricolor (USA) ?

    Wild Plant for ID : Fremont : 08SEP21 : AK – 003: 1 image. Wild plant seen in Fremont. Seems to be from Amaranthaceae. Check with Amaranthus tricolor, Looks close as per this link.. plantsoftheworldonline Pl. post a high res. image to check the details. 1 high res. image. Some…

  • Biggest change in efloraofindia

    Biggest change in efloraofindia: Biggest change in efloraofindia in past few years is that we are able to crack toughest of ids, where sufficient images and details are provided. Thanks to our national and international experts, our valued members and moderators and GBIF and greater availability of online resources. Also…

  • Sonchus species?- Rajouri, J and K

    Please have a look on this plant with white pappus like str from Rajouri jandk: 1 high res. image. Date : May 15 2021 Seems to Sonchus  Sp. Leaves deceiving ! Do you have any other images? Resembles with Fagus sp. Leaves are of Ficus species (palmata ?) and pappus…

  • Argostemma quarantena

    Argostemma quarantena Anoop Puthuparampil Balan, Robi A. J., Nanu Sasidharan, Webbia Journal of Plant taxonomy and Geography, Vol. 76 No. 1 (2021); . 144 ID wild plant: Please ID wild plant, Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 20.08.2021, 03.25pm Habitat: wild, moisture,…

  • Euphorbia indica ?

    Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD 09042014 : Attachments (7). 6 posts by 3 authors. Please help me identifying the Euphorbiaceae herb – Euphorbia sp. attached herewith. Habit: Herb, prostrate Habitat: Road side waste land Leaves: 1 to 1.5 cm, Elliptic – oblong, glabrous, rounded tip, minutely serrated to crenulate, petiole…

  • Phoradendron leucarpum (USA) ?

    Phoradendron macrophyllum (Engelm.) Cockerell, Amer. Naturalist 34: 293 (1900) (syn: Phoradendron cockerellii Trel.; Phoradendron coloradense Trel.; Phoradendron flavescens subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) A.E.Murray; Phoradendron flavescens var. macrophyllum Engelm.; Phoradendron leucarpum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) J.R.Abbott & R.L.Thomps.; Phoradendron longispicum Trel.; Phoradendron longispicum var. cyclophyllum Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum var. circulare Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum f. glabrata Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum var. jonesii Trel.; Phoradendron serotinum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) Kuijt; Phoradendron serotinum var. macrophyllum (Engelm.) M.C.Johnst.; Phoradendron tomentosum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) Wiens; Phoradendron tomentosum var. macrophyllum (Engelm.) L.D.Benson); . Oregon to…

  • USA- Cultivated shrub in California

    Ornamental Shrub for ID : Los Angeles : 12SEP21 : AK – 015: 1 image. While going through my California plants, I came across some which I had missed posting earlier. Cultivated shrub seen in the hotel garden.  

  • Leucoagaricus species- California, USA

    Mushroom for ID : Fremont : 12SEP21 : AK – 014: 2 images. While going through my California plants, I came across some which I had missed posting earlier. Mushrooms seen growing wild in an open ground. Seems Leucoagaricus. Picture of stipe attached with the pileus required. Unfortunately,  these are the…

  • Eriobotrya japonica ?

    Tree for ID : San Francisco : 12SEP21 : AK – 013: 2 images. Tree seen in San Francisco. Is it Eriobotrya japonica? I think looks different from images at Eriobotrya japonica I think E. japonica is a very variable species, sensitive to growing conditions.  It’s the only widely cultivated Eriobotrya…

  • Echium species- San Francisco, USA

    Wild Plants for ID : San Francisco : 08SEP21 : AK – 002: 2 images. Seen growing wild in San Francisco. Echium Species? Does not look like Echium. Pl. post high res. images to see the details. This is similar to my post from the Golden Gate Park, I had posted…

  • Goodyera marginata

    Goodyera marginata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 493 1840. (syn: Orchiodes marginatum (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan): China South-Central, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Margined Rattlesnake Plantain, Margined Lady’s-Tresses, Margined Goodyera Flora of Chakrata 2013- Goodyera repens for validaion. :  Attachments (4). 4 posts…

  • Vigna grahamiana

    Vigna grahamiana (Wight & Arn.)Verdc., Kew Bull. 24: 562 (1970) (syn: Dolichos grahamianus (Wight & Arn.)Niyomdham; Dolichos subcarnosus Wight & Arn.; Phaseolus grahamianus Wight & Arn.); . Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa, India to Thailand, Sri Lanka: Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka,…

  • Podocarpus species- California, USA

    Tree for ID : Los Angeles : 10SEP21 : AK – 009: 2 images. While going through my California plants, I found some I had missed earlier. An avenue tree seen in Los Angeles. Any chance Callistemon sp., No, I don’t think it’s Callistemon. I was thinking of Podocarpus Species or something similar….

  • Nothopegia heyneana ?

    Identification of tree from Eastern Ghats: 1 image. please help in identifying the Anacardisceae member. May be Nothopegia. Place of collection: Mahendragiri hill Gajapati Altitude: 1300 m amsl Height of tree: 20 to 25 ft. Flowering: May and June Fruiting: August Yes, it’s Nothopegia only …, Check with N. heyneana,…

  • Psychotria pendula

    Psychotria pendula Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 164 1880. (syn: Uragoga depressiglobosa Kuntze; Uragoga pendula (Hook.f.) Kuntze); Andaman Islands as per POWO; . Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-obovate or lanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, nerves 12-16 pair, axils imperforate, cymes peduncled terminal, fruiting pendulous very long, rachis and very short…