• Indonesia- Tree at Riung District, Flores

    Tree sp.: 3 images. Observation: 27/04/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia. Description: This tree is supposed to attract water. It’s not a hard wood, he may have red flowers, the fruits are unknown. The local name is Saka dara. Habitus : Dry tropical forest spring water As we look forward to reforest spring…

  • Pyrenacantha

    Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight (W. India to Hainan and Indo-China: Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)       

  • Pyrenacantha volubilis

    Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight, Bot. Misc. 2: 107 (1830) (syn: Cavanilla volubilis Kuntze ; Pyrenacantha volubilis var. elliptica Pierre ; Pyrenacantha volubilis var. oblonga Pierre); . W. India to Hainan and Indo-China: Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; , Much branched climber. Leaves rhomboid-lanceolate, obtuse at base, coarsely 3 or 4-toothed at margin,…

  • Caulokaempferia sikkimensis

    Caulokaempferia sikkimensis (King ex Baker) K.Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 60: 169 (1964) (syn: Kaempferia sikkimensis King ex Baker ; Monolophus sikkimensis (King ex Baker) Veldkamp & Mood ); . E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Sikkim Orchid Ginger . Please id this flower: 2 images. Found and photographed…

  • Celtis tetrandra ?

    ID Celtis sp. ?: 3 correct images as above. Observation: 18/10/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia. Description: We have two species of what I think are from the Celtis genus named Namu and Nomu in local language. Here, we’ve the Celtis tetandra species but also a Celtis timorensis species. As both of them are in…

  • Siphocranion

    Siphocranion macranthum (Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu (E. Himalaya to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)     

  • Siphocranion macranthum

    Siphocranion macranthum (Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 56 (1959) (syn: Hancea hemsleyana H.Lév. ; Hancea prainiana H.Lév. ; Isodon macranthus (Hook.f.) Kudô ; Isodon macranthus var. prainianus (H.Lév.) Kudô ; Plectranthus macranthus Hook.f. ; Plectranthus prainianus (H.Lév.) Dunn ; Rabdosia macrantha (Hook.f.) H.Hara ; Siphocranion macranthum var. microphyllum C.Y.Wu ; Siphocranion macranthum var. prainianum (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li); . E. Himalaya to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China…

  • Diospyros species- Ganjam, Odisha

    Regarding identification of the sp. collected from Ganjam Odisha on sept 2023: 4 high res. images. Diospyros mespiliformis..! It does not have distribution in India as per POWO. I tried through comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/26/diospyros/ But I could not find any id. It is a female tree of Diospyros ebenum (Possibly)….

  • Hibiscus lobatus ?

    Identify the species: 1 high res. image. Malvaceae. Elevation, date, location and close up images of open flowers ?? Appears somewhat close to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/05/hibiscus-lobatus/ Maybe some other closely related species. Seems to Hibiscus hirtus It is different from Hibiscus hirtus in leaf structure, but the flower matches. Appears somewhat close…

  • Sloanea tomentosa

    Sloanea tomentosa (Benth.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson, in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 362 (1915) (syn: Echinocarpus tomentosus Benth. ); . Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Evergreen trees; 25-40 m tall; bark brown, exfoliating;…

  • Amanita species- Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

    SK 3891 13 November 2023- Mushroom: 3 very high res. images. Location: Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Altitude: 1500m. Date: 04 November 2023 Habit : Wild Maybe something from https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/09/agaricales/ I still think it’s something from Amanitaceae. You can send it to some Amanitaceae expert like Rod Tulloss, Iqbal Hosen… https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007460085838 this…

  • Momordica balsamina

    Momordica balsamina L., Sp. Pl.: 1009 (1753) (syn: Momordica garipensis E.Mey. ; Momordica garriepensis Arn. ; Momordica huberi Tod. ; Momordica involucrata E.Mey. ex Sond. ; Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz ; Nevrosperma cuspidata Raf.); . Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Australia: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia,…

  • Zingiber species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 3900 24 November 2023 – Zingiberaceae: 5 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 November 2023 Altitude: 2000m. Habitat : Wild  Zingiber chrysanthum Roscoe?? But the Leaf pattern looks slightly different compared to my earlier posts in efi. And record says its elevation range is below 1450m and…

  • Pothos armatus

    Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 126 (1929); . SW. India as per POWO; . Stem with few nodular spines. Lowers leaves ovate-orbicular with cordate base, upper leaves 13-18 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base acute, nerves many, irregular, prominent below; petiole 1 cm long. Inflorescence on short…

  • Swertia raveendrae

    Swertia raveendrae Shahina & Nampy, Phytotaxa 195: 44 (2015); . India (Karnataka) as per POWO; . SWER-tee-uh — named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author … Dave’s Botanary ¿ ruh-WIN-dray ? … named in honour of Prof. K. Raveendrakumar (former Head, Department of Botany, Sri Vyasa N.S.S. College, Wadakanchery) … Phytotaxa 195(1): 44 (2015)…

  • Julostylis angustifolia

    Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 30 (1858) (syn: Kydia angustifolia Arn.); . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Trees, to 20 m, bark yellowish-brown, smooth; branches drooping, slender, terete; young branches, peduncle and pedicel stellately rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, stipulate; stipules 4 mm long, linear, free,…

  • Julostylis

    Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thw. (SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)               

  • Crotalaria species- Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

    Identify the Crotalaria sps..: 3 high res. images. Crotalaria hirsuta Willd. ! I think looks different from images at https://efloraofindia.com/2017/10/12/crotalaria-hirsuta/ Yes, … it’s some what differ from hirsuta..! When and where? I could find any match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/20/crotalaria/ It’s growing in Department of Botany, Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam…

  • Macaranga pustulata

    Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 445 (1887) as per efi thread; . India: Subtropical evergreen forests, chiefly in old forest clearings, on landslips and abandoned plantations, 600 – 2000 m altitude. Uttarakhand (Garhwal Himalayas), West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh,…

  • Peltigera species- Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 3887 05 November 2023: 6 high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 31 October 2023 Altitude : 1825m. Habit : Wild  Peltigera polydactylon (Neck.) Hoffm. ?? Who has suggested this id? Myself ! The genus is Peltigera… species may be ‘canina’… I have checked the images in the net and they…