• Polystichum manmeiense

    Polystichum manmeiense (Christ) Nakaike, Misc. Publ. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 141, pl. 4, f. 1 1982. (syn: Aspidium manmeiense Christ; Polystichum falcatipinnum Hayata; Polystichum nepalense var. subbipinnatum C. Chr.; Polystichum nepalense f. subbipinnatum Ching); . Himalaya to China (Guizhou, Yunnan), Taiwan to Philippines: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines,…

  • Rohdea

    Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka Rohdea wattii (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura (Bhutan to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Vietnam as per POWO)   Rohdea species- Khurda, Odisha  

  • Urtica species?- Tawi, Mizoram

    Urtica ardens ?; MS March, 2018/01 Laportea sp.? for ID : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Tawi, Mizoram Altitude : ca 1,500 m. Date : 19-12-2007 Habit : Herb ? Habitat : Wild Mizo : Zo-kangthai Does not match with two species we have so far in…

  • Justicia adhatoda ?

    . Fwd: MS/3/2/2018 ID of the tree. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 7 MB. Please help me to ID the tree. Only foliage is seen. When and where?  I clicked it yesterday evening in Mysore. I will send better photographs in another few days time, as the…

  • Cymbidium hybrids- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

      SK1045 28 MAR-2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4600 ft. Date : 5 April 2013 Habit : Cultivated Which Cymbidium hybrid ??? hahaha… why Cymbidium hybrid is not a right question!!! because there are so many red flowers in Cymbidium. I…

  • Rhododendron grande

    Rhododendron grande Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 176 1847. (Syn: Azalea grandis (Wight) Kuntze; Rhododendron argenteum Hook. f.; Rhododendron longifolium Nutt.; Rhododendron wilsonii Nutt. ex Hook.; Waldemaria argentea (Hook. f.) Klotzsch); . S-Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, N-India, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of life; . What is the botanical name…

  • Commicarpus

    Commicarpus boissieri (Heimerl) Cufod. (Socotra (Abd al Kuri, Samha), Sinai to Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to NW India as per POWO)             Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heim.           Images by tspkumar         Commicarpus helenae (J. A. Schult.) Meikle      …

  • Eugenia aloysii

    Eugenia aloysii C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 2: 23 1996. ; . India (Karnataka) as per WCSP; . Eugenia argentea (?) observed in Talamalai WS, Karnataka : 10 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 4 MB. Eugenia argentea observed in Talamalai WS, Karnataka. Not certain of this ID- from Siddarth Macho ji….

  • Cymbidium hybrids- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK1010 13 MAR-2018 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4600 ft. Date : 8 March 2011 Habit : Cultivated Cymidium hybrid ??? Of course another Cymbidium hybrid….  

  • Adding efloraofindia site to your home screen on mobile

    Adding efi site to your home screen on mobile: Here I will give you the steps, in case you want to use the efloraofindia site on your mobile. 1. Open efloraofindia.com site in Google chrome. 2. In the top right corner, tap on the three vertical dots to see the options available. Select ‘Add…

  • Cymbidium hybrids- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

      SK1034 21 MAR-2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 800 kb each. Location : Gyaneswor , Kathmandu, Nepal Date : 14 March 2018 Elevation :  4500 ft. Habit : Cultivated Cymbidium ..??  ID  ?? I think all these are hybrids of Cymbidium. There are many in…

  • About eFloraofIndia

      Database of Plants of Indian Subcontinent- developed by the members of eFloraofIndia Google Group. . eFloraofIndia (eFI in short) website is one of the biggest non-commercial site, one of its kind in the world & also without advertisements, based on the collection of photographic images of plants, where no money or professional…

  • How to Join

    efloraofindia e-group (initially Indiantreepix) is the largest Google e-group in the world in this field & largest nature related in India (and the most constructive, with more than 3000 members & more than 3,00,000 messages on 23/8/18) devoted to creating awareness, helping in identification (e-gurukul) etc. along with discussion & documentation of Indian Flora. It…

  • Cinnamomum glanduliferum

    Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wall.) Nees (syn: Camphora glandulifera (Wall.) Nees; Cinnamomum cavaleriei H. Lév.; Cinnamomum dominii (H.Lev.) C.F.Ji; Laurus glandulifera Wall.; Machilus dominii H. Lév.; Machilus mekongensis Diels); . China (Yunnan, Sichuan, S-Guizhou), SE-Tibet, India, Nepal, peninsular Malaysia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Sagaing) as per Catalogue of Life; . Cinnamomum…

  • Exacum affine (Cultivated- Thailand)

    Exacum affine Balf.f. ex Regel, Gartenflora 32: 34 1883. (syn: Exacum gracilipes I. B. Balf.); Socotra as per Catalogue of Life;     SK918 29 DEC-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 22 August 2012 Altitude: 40 ft. Again could not recall the ID!  Appears…

  • Ligustrum species- Shanghai, China

    SK1000 9 MAR-2018 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Shanghai , China Altitude: 100-200 ft. Date: 1 November 2014 Habit: Cultivated Looks like a  variety of soap nut. I am not sure, rather a doubtful ID. Sapindus tomentosus ??  I could not find any images of Sapindus tomentosus on google search…

  • Begonia palmata ?

    Begonia palmata ?; . Plant for ID, Sikkim NAW-JUL16-15 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Kindly identify this plant with white flowers tinged with reddish hair, photographed in June 2015 in South Sikkim. Some Begonia spp. Thanks, …, Pl. check comparative images of different species in efi at Begonia if…

  • Drypetes assamica

    Drypetes assamica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm., Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XV: 241 1922. (syn: Cyclostemon assamicus Hook.f.); . India: Moist evergreen forests, primary forests, deciduous forests, subtropical forests, up to 1400 m altitude. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman Islands; Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand and…

  • Lauraceae member ?- Chautara, Nepal

        SK991 21 FEB-2018 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)- around 1 Mb each. Location: Chautara, Nepal   Date: 18 December 2017 Altitude: 4800 ft.  Habit : Wild Just a guess. The leaves are very similar to Cleistanthus. … should have a special lookout for the flowers…

  • Dinochloa macclellandii

    Dinochloa macclellandii (Munro) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 253 1873. (syn: Arundarbor macclellandii (Munro) Kuntze; Bambusa macclellandii Munro; Melocalamus macclellandii (Munro) H.B.Naithani); . E. Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam…