• Curcuma parviflora (Introduced)

    Curcuma parviflora Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 47 1830. (syn: Hitcheniopsis parviflora (Wall.) Loes.); . Myanmar to N. Peninsula Malaysia: Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; .   Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Curcuma parviflora : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Please meet with Curcuma parviflora    …

  • Curcuma species- Megamalai WLS, Tamilnadu

    Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae : For ID :: MK02 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4). Please help me to identify this species. Is this any Curcuma sp.? It was without any leaves above ground and found in a dry place. Total size of this inflorescence…

  • Hedychium species- near Chakrata, Uttarakhand

      Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae- Zingiber sp????? for ID from Uttarakhand-GSAUG71 : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Herb photographed near Chakrata, pl. help in ID Hedychium sp. Appearing as Hedychium Spicatum May be a species of Hedychium or Cautleya…  

  • Curcuma zanthorrhiza

    Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 25 1820.; . SW. India as per POWO; . Curcuma zanthorrhiza, known as Temulawak, Java ginger or Javanese ginger, is a plant species, belonging to the ginger family.[2] It is known in Javanese as temulawak, in Sundanese as koneng gede and in Madurese as…

  • Arisaema murrayi or A. ghaticum ?

    Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Araceae : Arisaema For ID : Nasik : 130814 : AK-12 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Seen on 27/9/14 in Anjaneri, near Nasik. Arisaema pod for Species id please. Posted on our group earlier. No leaves…

  • Calamus metzianus ?

    Calamus metzianus Schltdl., Linnaea 26: 727 1855. (Syn: Calamus rivalis Thwaites ex Trimen; Calamus rudentum Mart. [Illegitimate]; Palmijuncus rivalis (Thwaites ex Trimen) Kuntze) ? ; . Images by B. Rathinasabapathy (Id suggestion by Giby Kuriakose) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   efloraindia:…

  • Meconopsis paniculata subsp. paniculata

    Meconopsis paniculata (D. Don) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 316 1896. (Syn: Meconopsis horridula var. lutea G.Taylor; Meconopsis longipetiolata G.Taylor ex Hay; Meconopsis napaulensis DC.; Meconopsis napaulensis f. fuscopurpurea (Hook.) ; Meconopsis paniculata var. elata Prain; Meconopsis prainiana var. lutea (G.Taylor) Grey-Wilson; Meconopsis wallichii Hook.;…

  • Riccia okahandjana

    Riccia okahandjana S.W. Arnell, Arnell, S. W. (1957).; . ANAUG17 Bryophyte for ID- Marchantia sp.? : Attachments (1). 8 posts by 3 authors. Bangalore August 2014 the bryophyte is Plagiochiasma sp. The given image may be of young plants of Plagiochasma rupestre !! I think this is Riccia sp. This…

  • Zingiber purpureum

    Zingiber purpureum Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 348 (1807) (syn: Amomum cassumunar (Roxb.) Donn; Amomum xanthorhiza Roxb. ex Steud.; Cassumunar roxburghii Colla; Zingiber anthorrhiza Horan.; Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.; Zingiber cliffordiae Andrews; Zingiber luridum Salisb.; Zingiber paucipunctatum D.Fang; Zingiber pubisquama Ridl.; Zingiber purpureum var. palamauense (Haines) K.K.Khanna; Zingiber xantorrhizon Steud.); . Arunachal Pradesh to…

  • Curcuma aurantiaca

    Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 12: 345 1915. (syn: Curcuma ecalcarata Sivar. & Balach.); . India to Peninsula Malaysia, Jawa: Assam, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand as per POWO; .   Aracaceae, Araceae & Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14Aug14: Curcuma ecalcarata from Kerala : 3 posts by…

  • Alpinia nigra

    Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35: 213 1977. (Syn: Alpinia allughas (Retz.) Roscoe; Amomum bifidum Stokes; Amomum nigrum (Gaertn.) Raeusch.; Amomum taraca Horan.; Hellenia allughas (Retz.) Willd.; Heritiera allughas Retz.; Languas allughas (Retz.) Burkill; Languas aquatica J. König; Zingiber nigrum Gaertn.); . Indian Subcontinent to China…

  • Scindapsus

    Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott          . Scindapsus Officinalis: A Comprehensive Review Kaushik Dhirender, Kaushik Pawan*, Tuteja Ruby, Choudhary Balram- International Journal of Pharmaceutical Erudition Aug 2012, 2(2), 18-27 – Review Article – The oldest remedies known to mankind are herbal medicines. India is known worldwide for its Ayurvedic treatment. Scindapsus…

  • Agrostophyllum

    Agrostophyllum callosum Rchb.f. ? (Nepal to Hainan and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO) Agrostophyllum flavidum Phukan (Assam as per POWO)     Agrostophyllum planicaule (Wall. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. (Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah): Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya,…

  • Remusatia pumila

    Remusatia pumila (D.Don) H.Li & A.Hay, Acta Bot. Yunnan. Suppl. 5: 28 1992. (syn: Caladium pumilum D.Don; Caladium sarmentosum Kunth; Colocasia pumila (D.Don) Kunth; Gonatanthus pumilus (D.Don) Engl. & K.Krause; Gonatanthus sarmentosus Klotzsch; Remusatia garrettii Gagnep.); . Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Remusatia pumila (Araceae) from Uttarakhand_DSR_18 :…

  • Curcuma species- Bharatkhai, Uttarakhand

      Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae- Zingiber sp???? for ID from Uttarakhand-GSAUG70 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Another herb photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata road near Bharatkhai. Pl. help in ID Seems to be Curcuma sp.  

  • Gnidia glauca var. sisparensis

    Gnidia glauca var. sisparensis (Gardner) Kumari, Fl. Tamil Nadu 2: 214 1987. (syn: Gnidia sisparensis Gardner; Lasiosiphon eriocephalus var. sisparensis (Gardner) Gamble; Lasiosiphon sisparensis (Gardner) Meisn.); . Fwd: Rediscovery of a rare tree : 1 post by 1 author. Scientists have rediscovered a rare tree, turning the spotlight on the…

  • Anaphyllum wightii

    Anaphyllum wightii Schott, Gen. Aroid. 83 1858. ; . Tall herbs, rhizome creeping. Leaves pinnatisect or pinnatipartite; lobes 3-8 pairs, 20-28 x 5-10 cm, usually narrower, elliptic to oblong, apex acute, sessile or petiolulate; petiole 60-150 cm long, erect, 5-10 cm thick, smooth or transversally rugose, brownish. Spadix 15-30 cm…

  • Rhaphidophora decursiva

    Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 45 1857. (syn: Monstera decursiva (Roxb.) Schott; Monstera multijuga K.Koch ex Ender [Invalid]; Pothos decursivus Roxb.; Raphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) A. Schott; Rhaphidophora affinis Schott; Rhaphidophora eximia Schott; Rhaphidophora grandis Schott; Rhaphidophora insignis Schott; Scindapsus decursivus (Roxb.) Schott); . Common name: Creeping Philodendron ….

  • Solanum muricatum (Introduced)

    Solanum muricatum Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 250–251 1789. (Syn: Solanum guatemalense Hort., Bitter; Solanum hebephorum Dunal; Solanum muricatum f. glaberrimum Correll; Solanum muricatum var. muricatum ; Solanum muricatum var. papillosistylum Bitter; Solanum muricatum var. praecedens Bitter; Solanum muricatum var. protogenum Bitter; Solanum muricatum var. teleutogenum Bitter; Solanum saccianum Carrière &…

  • Curcuma prakasha

    Curcuma prakasha S.Tripathi, Nordic J. Bot. 21: 549 2001 publ. 2002. ; . Assam (Meghalaya) as per POWO; . Curcuma prakasha is a species in the ginger family of plants, somewhat new to science. It was collected from open grassland (alt. c. 400m.) in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya State…