• Curcuma elata ?

    Curcuma elata Roxb. ?; . SK 2900 01 May 2021: 17 images. Location: Central Nepal Altitude: 1200-1500 m. Date : April 2021 Habitat : Wild  Sent by a friend ! Curcuma zeodaria Rosc.  ?? Yes, I agree. Leaves should have persistent purple cloud down the centre ….. I could see hint of that – 178827429_…

  • Corchorus urticifolius

    Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 73 1834. (syn: Corchorus flexuosus Thunb.; Corchorus quinquenervis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Corchorus subscandens Wall.); . Myanmar [Burma], India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, peninsular Malaysia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania as per CoL; . Annual herbs, erect, to 1 m high, pubescent….

  • Isodon species?- Pokhara, Nepal

    Requesting for ID: 1 high res. image. Requesting ID for this plant found in Pokhara, Nepal. Clicked on 28 April 2021, Altitude 800m. Cannot say with this image. Post after flowering! Lamiaceae sp. I agree with … Check with Isodon Pl. post other images showing complete habit and clear buds etc….

  • Tulipa lanata

    Tulipa lanata Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 647 1884. ; . Afghanistan to Central Asia and W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Woolly Red Tulip . Tulipa agenensis: 2 high res. images. Found this plant at Ganderbal. Jammu and kashmir. Tulipa lanata…

  • Sphaerosacme decandra

    Sphaerosacme decandra (Wall.) Pennington, Numer. List 1276 1829 (syn: Aglaia decandra Roxb.; Aglaia decandra Roxb. ex Wall.; Amoora decandra (Roxb. ex Wall.) Hiern; Aphanamixis decandra (Roxb.) Kosterm.; Lansium decandrum (Roxb.) Briquet; Sphaerosacme decandra Roxb. ex Wall.; Sphaerosacme fragrans Wall. ex Voigt; Sphaerosacme nepalensis Roem.); . Nepal to N. Myanmar: East Himalaya,…

  • Dracaena angustifolia

    Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 24 1814. (Syn: Cordyline fruticosa Göpp.; Cordyline rumphii Hook.; Dracaena angustifolia var. angustior (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena angustifolia var. honoriae F.M.Bailey; Dracaena australasica (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena ensiformis Wall. ex Voigt; Dracaena fruticosa Regel; Dracaena fruticosa (Blume) K.Koch; Dracaena menglaensis G.Z.Ye; Dracaena quitensis Baker; Draco angustifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze; Draco fruticosa (Blume) Kuntze; Pleomele angustifolia (Medik.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele angustifolia var. angustior Ridl.; Pleomele australasica Ridl.; Pleomele flexuosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Pleomele…

  • Maharashtra- garden plants in Mumbai

    ID – 005: 1 image. Struggling for ID’s, so please help !! Location : Mumbai, Maharashtra Date Taken : February / March 2021 Was it cultivated or wild ? Any image of the full plant will help. we have a new botanical garden near my residence so I guess it…

  • Phyllanthus sanatandharmae

    Phyllanthus sanatandharmae JOSE MATHEW & REGY YOHANNAN, Phytotaxa Vol. 498 No. 4: 5 May 2021; . Southern Western Ghats; ,. New species, Phyllanthus sanatandharmae: A new species, Phyllanthus sanatandharmae, allied to P. megacarpus, has been published a few days ago, from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala. The specific epithet…

  • Clematis species- Mudumalai (Nilgiris, TN)

    ID requested: Understory herb/shrub; Mudumalai (Nilgiris, TN):  6 images. Prostrate/Close to the ground. Plant present throughout the year. No flowers found during the 2018-19 period. Photos from September 2019 and December 2018. This seems to be a young one of Clematis… You are right

  • Nepeta raphanorhiza

    Nepeta raphanorhiza Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 734 1835. (syn: Glechoma raphanorhiza (Benth.) Kuntze); . Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Tuberous Catmint • Kashmiri: Kanz-gogal ﻛﻨﺰ ﮔﻮﮔﻞ . Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; rootstock tuberous, stems weak ascending glabrous or villous, leaves…

  • Ardisia species ?- Pokhara, Nepal

    Request for ID: 1 high res. image. ID this plant species found in forest of Pokhara Nepal. Altitude 850 m. Check with Ardisia Any image of the flowers or fruits? I do not have pictures of flowers or fruit right now, I will post after I click them.  

  • Cynoglossum species- Pokhara, Nepal

    Request for ID: 1 high res. image. Help me ID this species captured on 25 April 2021 in Pokhara, Nepal. Altitude 860m. Check Cynoglossum sp. ! One possibility as per altitude in the Checklist of Nepal is Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk. However, flowers and fruits will help in id, when ever plant flowers.  

  • Heracleum species ?- Kashmir, J & K

    Again sent for id…. Previously identified as Thistle…. Id was not satisfied… Found in mountains of kashmir.: 1 high res. image. Wait for flowers to appear, even Eryngium is possible Looks different from comparative images at Eryngium Also could not find a match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2016/09/18/carduoideae/ Maybe some Apiaceae member…

  • Vicia species- Nalanda, Bihar

    Identification Requested – Vicia Sp.: 2 images. Location: Nalanda, Bihar Germination Period: February Vicia Sp. ? Yes it’s …, Check with V. sativa,

  • Fimbristylis squarrosa

    Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 289 1805. (syn: Iria squarrosa (Vahl) Kuntze; Pogonostylis squarrosus (Vahl) Bertol.; Scirpus squarrosus (Vahl) Poir.; Bulbostylis hirta (Thunb.) Svenson; Cyperus hirtus Thunb.; Fimbristylis comata Nees; Fimbristylis ecklonii Nees; Fimbristylis hirta (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Fimbristylis hirta var. canina (Schltdl.) R.Knuth; Fimbristylis hispidula var. canina Schltdl.; Fimbristylis michelii Bubani; Fimbristylis nana Roth; Fimbristylis propinqua R.Br.; Isolepis glaucescens Schrad.; Isolepis hirta Kunth; Scirpus aestivalis Wall.; Scirpus…

  • Bihar- seedlings at Nalanda

    Identification Required for a Dicot Species: 3 images. Region: Bihar Dicot Species Water melon? Identification Requested – Coriander: 3 images. Location: Nalanda, Bihar Germination Period: February Coriander ? Identification Requested: 2 images. Location: Nalanda, Bihar Germination Period: February Dicot Species I think it will be very difficult to identify the…

  • Jasminum arborescens

    Jasminum arborescens Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 94 1820. (syn: Jasminum arborescens var. latifolium (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Jasminum arborescens var. montanum (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Jasminum arboreum Schult.; Jasminum latifolium Roxb.; Jasminum montanum Roth; Jasminum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don; Jasminum velutinum Kobuski; Jasminum villosum Stokes; Nyctanthes grandiflora Lour.); Indian Subcontinent to W. Indo-China: Andaman Is., East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya as per POWO; ….

  • Embelia frondosa ?

    Embelia frondosa (King ex Gamble) D. G. Long, Edinburgh J. Bot. 56: 307 1999. (syn: Embelia gamblei Kurz ex C.B.Clarke; Ribesiodes gamblei (Kurz ex C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Samara frondosa King ex Gamble); . E. Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO; . from Pakke-Kessang district Arunachal…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th April’21

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th April’21 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 3,84,785 messages so far & membership currently around 3260 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Strobilanthes tubiflos

    Strobilanthes tubiflos (C. B. Cl.) J. R. I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 264 1994. (syn: Strobilanthes petiolaris var. tubiflos C. B. Cl.); . India (E-Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh)) as per CoL; . SE. Tibet as per POWO; . Inclusion of Strobilanthes tubiflos in FOI: 3 images. Here attached Strobilanthes tubiflos for inclusion in…