• 1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com

    1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com Pl. see the 1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com at Tetracera scandens Earlier, it was mostly a copy paste job, in the last 9 days from Google sites. I am still learning the features and tricks (in WordPress) as to how to get the desired…

  • Sarcolobus globosus subsp. peregrinus

    Sarcolobus globosus subsp. peregrinus (Blanco) R. E. Rintz, India (E- & N-India), Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Laos, Thailand, Philippines (syn: Asclepias peregrina Blanco; Sarcolobus beccarii Warb.;  Sarcolobus carinatus Wall.; Sarcolobus peregrinus Schltr.; Sarcolobus virulentus Griff.); . India (E- & N-India), Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Laos, Thailand, Philippines as per Catalogue of Life; . Climber…

  • Nothopegia heyneana

    Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. fil.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 265 1918. (syn: Nothopegia colebrookiana var. heyneana Wall. ex Hook. fil.); India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life; . Habit- Small trees, up to 15 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark finely fissured; blaze pinkish brown. Branches and Branchlets- Branches glabrous, minutely pubescent when young….

  • Ethnobotany of the Jarawa tribe of Andaman Islands, India

    Announcing publication Ethnobotany of the aborigine Jarawa tribe inhabiting the Andaman Islands, India is presented based on the studies carried out during 2001–2002 and 2018–2019. Ethnobotanical uses of 172 plant species used by the Jarawa tribe are documented in this presentation. They include: Marine algae: 2 families, 2 genera, 2…

  • Haloxylon thomsonii

    Haloxylon thomsonii Bunge ex Boiss.,  Fl. Orient. 4: 950 1879. (syn: Arthrophytum thomsonii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Iljin; Hammada thomsonii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Iljin); . W-Tibet, Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Gilgit, Baltistan, Skardu, Hunza), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Leh) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Ladakh Saxaul . Chenopodiaceae and…

  • Bomarea multiflora (Cultivated)

    Bomarea multiflora (L.f.) Mirb., Hist. Nat. Pl. 9: 72 1804. (syn: Alstroemeria bredemeyeriana Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Alstroemeria caldasiana (Herb.) Hemsl.; Alstroemeria caldasii Kunth; Alstroemeria floribunda Kunth; Alstroemeria multiflora L.f.;  Alstroemeria purpurea Willd. ex Steud., not validly publ.; Bomarea ambigua Sodiro; Bomarea borjae Sodiro; Bomarea caldasiana Herb.; Bomarea caldasii (Kunth)…

  • eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited

    eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited In view of switching to our new site eFloraofIndia.com, eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited for updation (though it will remain as it is, untill Google winds it up in Sept.21). All further editing for updation will only be done in…

  • Begonia lushaiensis

    Begonia lushaiensis C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 273 1928.; . Assam to Myanmar as per POWO; . Common name: Lushai Begonia • Mizo: Sekhupthur .. MS,Dec., 2020/08 Begonia sp. for id.: 1 image. Location : Sairep Date : 22-09-2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Begonia modestiflora Kurz ! Begonia lushaiensis….

  • 118. Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Nov.’20

    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 3,60,750 messages so far & membership currently around 3230 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one of the biggest non-commercial site, one of its…

  • Ruellia ciliatiflora (outside India)

    Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3718 1839. (syn: Ruellia lorentziana Griseb.; Ruellia lorentziana paraguariensis Hassl.; Ruellia lorentziana parvifolia Hassl.; Arrhostoxylum ciliatiflorum (Hook.) Nees); . Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora,…

  • Jasminum attenuatum

    Jasminum attenuatum Roxb. ex G.Don, Prodr. 8: 309 1844. (syn: Jasminum banlanense P.Y.Pai; Jasminum robustifolium Kobuski); . Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS Jan.2017/07 Climber for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Sairep, Mizoram Date : 25-01-2017 Habit : Climber Habitat…

  • Asystasia variabilis

    Asystasia variabilis (Nees ex DC.) Trim., Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 324 1895. (syn: Asystasia chelonoides var. quadrangularis Clarke; Asystasia gangetica var. variabilis Nees ex DC.; Asystasia nemorum var. angustifolia Thw. ex T. Anders.); S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; .     Acanthaceae Fortnight ::ID Request ??:: Chikmagalur :: PKA-MAR62/62: : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10) Looks…

  • Neanotis decipiens

    Neanotis decipiens (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53: 37 1966. (syn: Anotis decipiens Hook.f.); . S.India as per POWO; .  Procumbent herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, sparsely villous; nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 3 cm long, hairy. Cymes 3-5 cm across, terminal; branches glabrous, slender. Flowers 5-6 mm long, blue…

  • Beccarinda tonkinensis

    Beccarinda tonkinensis (Pellegr.) B.L.Burtt (syn: Beccarinda sinensis (Chun) B.L. Burtt; Slackia sinensis Chun; Slackia tonkinensis Pellegr.); Common name: Tonkin Beccarinda . Beccarinda tonkinensis (Gesneriaceae), a new record for India 2 attachments (jpg and pdf). Here attached a new addition for eFI. Please convey my  congratulations and best wishes to   Dipankar ji for the…

  • Tetracera scandens

    Tetracera scandens (L.) Merr. (syn: Delima aspera (Lour.) Blanco; Delima frangulifolia C.Presl; Delima hebecarpa DC.; Delima piripu DC.; Delima scandens (L.) Burkill; Delima tripetala Nees & Blume; Tetracera aspera (Lour.) Raeusch.; Tetracera fragrans Ridl.’ Tetracera hebecarpa (DC.) Boerl.; Tetracera loureiroi (Finet & Gagnep.) Pierre ex Craib; Trachytella actaea DC.; Trachytella aspera (Lour.)…

  • Synotis wallichii

    Synotis wallichii (DC.) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen, 305 1984. (syn: Cineraria doria Spreng. ex DC.; Senecio dentatus Wall.; Senecio wallichii DC.); . Central & E. Himalaya to Tibet as per POWO; . India (C- to E. Himalaya, Darjeeling), Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Chumbi, Tibet as per Catalogue of Life;  . Similar to S.alata but slender, naked, entirely subterranean stem to 20cm sometimes present; aerial part 12-30cm;leaves always subrosulate at…

  • Viola reichenbachiana ?

    Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 78 1857. (syn: Viola arenicola Chabert; Viola bertoti Souche; Viola canina Cham. & Schlechl.; Viola degener Schweigg. ex Mert. & Koch; Viola ericetorum Schrad. ex Link; Viola flavicornis E. Forst. ex Nym.; Viola formosa Vukot.; Viola idaea Gand.; Viola leucocentra Pinkw.; Viola maculata Giraudias; Viola neglecta Bieb.; Viola nemoralis Jord.; Viola reichenbachiana var. punctata (Rouy & Foucaud) P. D. Sell; Viola sylvestris Lam.; Viola sylvestris subvar punctata Rouy & Foucaud; Viola sylvestris Lam.; Viola sylvestris subvar punctata Rouy & Foucaud; Viola vicina Martr.; Viola vulgaris Rupr.; Viola…

  • Prunus species ?- Phobjikha, Bhutan

    For id from Phobjikha Bhutan 221020TT2 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. Kindly help in identification of this plant, Collected from Phobjikha Bhutan on dated 27/7/2020 by Jigme Tshewang Any other image showing habit etc ? I doubt with Maddenia sp. its so regretted that I don’t have additional photo to send la.