• Ceriscoides turgida ?

    Fwd: Randia wallichii ? from Assam : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (3). Kindly see if these plants could be identified. To me appears some what close to images at Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng.  

  • Curcuma angustifolia

    Curcuma angustifolia Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 338 1810. ; . Uttarakhand to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: China Southeast as per POWO; . Common name: East Indian Arrowroot, Bombay arrowroot • Hindi: Tikhur तिखुर • Bengali: Keturi halodhi • Manipuri: য়াইপন Yaipan •…

  • Sauromatum diversifolium

    Sauromatum diversifolium (Wall. ex Schott) Cusimano & Hett., Taxon 59: 445 2010. (Syn: Diversiarum alpinum (C.Y.Wu ex H.Li, Y.Shiao & S.L.Tseng) J.Murata & Ohi-Toma; Diversiarum diversifolium (Wall. ex Schott) J.Murata & Ohi-Toma; Heterostalis diversifolia (Wall. ex Schott) Schott; Heterostalis foliolosa Schott; Heterostalis huegeliana (Schott) Schott; Typhonium alpinum C.Y.Wu ex H.Li,…

  • Curcuma species- Bangladesh

    SM164 Curcuma pseudomontana? : 14 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Rhizomotus Habitat: Wild In case of Curcuma it is very difficult to identify from flower or inflorescence. Please let us know, what should be taken care of while taking pics of Curcuma.. so that identification can be attempted……

  • Globba radicalis

    Globba radicalis Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 359 1810. (Syn: Globba mantifera Sims; Globba mantiformis Horan.; Globba purpurea Andrews; Globba saltatoria (Sims) Roscoe; Globba subulata Roxb.; Mantisia radicalis (Roxb.) D.P.Dam & N.Dam; Mantisia saltatoria Sims); . E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO; . Is it…

  • Bursera linanoe

    Bursera linanoe (La Llave) Rzed., Calderón & Medina, Acta Bot. Mex. 66: 103 2004. (Syn: Amyrislinaloe La Llave; Amyrislinanoe La Llave; Burseraaloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl.; Burseradelpechiana Poiss. ex Engl.; Burseralongipedunculata (Rose) Standl.; Elaphriumlongipedunculatum Rose); . Bursera, Indian Lavender; . Bursera penicillata: Here are some pics of the Fragrant Tree…

  • Aglaonema ‘Emerald Beauty’

    Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Araceae :: ID Request – Aglaonema :: Mumbai :: ARKAUG-68: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Mumbai in August 2014. Is it Aglaonema ‘Emerald Beauty’? Aglaonema ‘Silver Queen’ I hope Appear more like…

  • Curcuma alismatifolia (Introduced)

    Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 259 1903. (Syn: Hitcheniopsis alismatifolia (Gagnep.) Loes.); . Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Curcuma alismatifolia, Siam tulip or summer tulip (Thai: ปทุมา, pathuma, or ดอกกระเจียว, dok krajiao) is a tropical plant native to Laos, northern Thailand and Cambodia.[1][2]…

  • Chascanum hyderabadense

    Chascanum hyderabadense (Walp.) Moldenke, Torreya 34: 9 1934. (syn: Bouchea hyderabadensis Walp.; Svensonia hyderabadensis (Walp.) Moldenke; Verbena hyderabadensis Rottler ex Wall. [Invalid]; Verbena maysorensis Wight ex Wall. [Invalid]); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Hyderabad Verbena • Tamil: Mynaachedi . Your Chascanum hyderabadense images: 2 high res….

  • Curcuma roscoeana

    Curcuma roscoeana Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 8 1829. (syn: Curcuma kurzii King ex Baker; Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Hitcheniopsis roscoeana (Wall.) Loes.); . Andaman Islands, Myanmar to Thailand: Andaman Is., Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Known to be distributed in Myanmar (Bago, Mon, Tenasserim and Yangon),…

  • Curcuma rhabdota (Introduced)

    Curcuma rhabdota Sirirugsa & M.F.Newman, New Plantsman 7: 196 2000. ; . Indo-China: Laos, Thailand as per POWO; . So far known from eastern Thailand (close to the Lao border), Cambodia and southern Lao PDR. The extent of occurrence is estimated at 44,557 km² and the area of occupancy is…

  • Boesenbergia siphonantha

    Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Rheedea 14: 55 2004. (Syn: Kaempferia siphonantha King ex Baker); . Indo-China: Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Andaman Fingerroot . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Boesenbergia siphonantha : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- Boesenbergia siphonantha.pdf…

  • Curcuma thorelii (Introduced)

    Curcuma thorelii Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 406 1907.; . Central & E. Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; .   Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Curcuma thoreli : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Another beauty of Curcuma, C. thorelii Very beautiful, tiny flower…..

  • Curcuma vamana

    Curcuma vamana M.Sabu & Mangaly, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 10: 307 1987 publ. 1988. (Syn: Curcuma peethapushpa Sasidh. & Sivar.); . SW. India as per POWO; . Rhizome small, c. 3 x 0.5 cm, conical, orange within; sessile tubers absent; roots several, fibrous, some ending in fleshy, spherical or ellipsoid…

  • Zingiber nimmonii

    Zingiber nimmonii (J.Graham) Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 341 1852. (Syn: Alpinia nimmonii J.Graham; Zingiber cernuum Dalzell) as per efi thread; . S. India, Myanmar as per POWO; . zing-ee-ber — from a Sanskrit word meaning shaped like a horn … Dave’s Botanary SER-new-um or SERN-yoo-um — nodding … Dave’s Botanary . commonly…

  • Hedychium venustum

    Hedychium venustum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 2012 1853. (syn: Gandasulium venustum (Wight) Kuntze; Hedychium cernuum Wight); . S. India (Nilgiri Hills), Myanmar as per POWO; . Stem 60-120 cm high, oblique or suberect, densely clustered. Leaves to 40 x 12 cm, elliptic, caudate, base acute, glandular above, scarcely…

  • Curcuma sparganiifolia (Introduced)

    Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 260 1903. (Syn: Hitcheniopsis sparganiifolia (Gagnep.) Loes.); . Indo-China: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Recorded from Thailand, Cambodia; may also occur in Lao PDR. A collection from Viet Nam is uncertain. The extent of occurrence has been estimated at 85,000…

  • Alpinia conchigera

    Alpinia conchigera Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 424 1851. (syn: Alpinia humilis Teijsm. & Binn. [Illegitimate]; Alpinia laosensis Gagnep.; Alpinia sumatrana (Miq.) K.Schum.; Languas conchigera (Griff.) Burkill; Languas sumatrana (Miq.) Merr.; Strobidia conchigera (Griff.) Kuntze; Strobidia oligosperma Kuntze; Strobidia sumatrana Miq.); . SE. Bangladesh to Sumatera, Philippines: Andaman Is., Bangladesh,…

  • Globba winitii

    Globba winitii C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 173 1926. ; . Myanmar to Thailand as per POWO; .   Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Globba winitii : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the photo of Globba winitii Again a very beautiful post..!!    …

  • Capparis tenera

    Capparis tenera Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 41 1850. (syn: Capparis disticha Kurz; Capparis oxyphylla Wall. [Invalid]; Capparis tenera var. dalzellii Hook.f. & Thomson; Capparis tetrasperma Thwaites; Capparis uncinata Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); . India (Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala), Andaman Isl. & Nicobar Isl.), Sri Lanka,…