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 volubilis Wight (W. India to Hainan and Indo-China: Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
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 (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…
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 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 (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…
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)….
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 (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;…
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 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,…
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 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 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 (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 angustifolia (Arn.) Thw. (SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)
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 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,…
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…