• Blumea species- Anjaneri, near Nasik, Maharashtra

    Wild Plant For ID : Nasik : 230913 : AK-2 : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 2 authors. Very small plant seen growing wild at Anjaneri, near Nasik on 30/8/13. The leaves were growing horizontally and the entire plant was flat. Kindly help in id. This is a species of Blumea….

  • Astilbe rubra

    Astilbe rubra Hook.f. & Thomson, Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4959 1857. (Syn: Astilbe chinensis (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav. …; Astilbe davidii (Franch.) L.Henry; Astilbe divaricata (Nakai) Nakai; Astilbe rubra var. divaricata (Nakai) W.Lee; Astilbe rubra var. taquetii (H.Lév.) H.Hara;  Astilbe taquetii (H.Lév.) Koidz.; Astilbe thunbergii var. taquetii H.Lév.; Hoteia chinensis Maxim.);  ….

  • Polygala arillata

    Polygala arillata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 199 199 1825. (Syn: Chamaebuxus arillata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Hassk.; Chamaebuxus arillata var. brachybotrys Hassk.; Chamaebuxus arillata var. robusta Hasskarl; Chamaebuxus paniculata Hassk.; Crotalaria duboisii H. Léveillé; Polygala angustifolia (Chod.) R.N. Banerjee; Polygala angustifolia var. scandens (Mukerjee) G.S. Giri &…

  • Gentiana stipitata

    Gentiana stipitata Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 84 1846. (Syn: Gentianodes stipitata (Edgew.) Á.Löve & D.Löve); . Images by D S Rawat, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details).   Gentiana stpitata Edgew. From Uttarakhand : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 4 authors. Gentiana stipitata Edgew….

  • Mucuna nigricans

    Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud., Nomencl.Bot.cd. 2(2):163. 1841. (Syn: Citta nigricans Lour.; Mucuna atropurpurea (uct. non (Roxb.) DC.; Mucuna gigantea var. nigricans (Lour.) DC.; Mucuna imbricata “Baker, p.p.A”; Stizolobium nigricans (Lour.) Pers.;                        Stizolobium imbricatum (DC.) Kuntze); . As per efi thread: Key to Mucuna species as provided by J.F.Duthie in Flora of…

  • Rhamnus procumbens

    Rhamnus procumbens Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 43-44 43 1846. (Syn: Rhamnus roylei K. Koch; Rhamnus rupestris Royle (ambiguous synonym)); . S-Tibet (Gyirong), N-India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Simla, Kumaon, Indian Punjab), Bhutan, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Creeping Buckthorn . Flora of Chakrata 2013- Rhamnus…

  • Monarda

    Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. (Cultivated) (Central & S. U.S.A. to Mexico as per POWO)       Monarda didyma L. (USA) Monarda fistulosa L. (USA)  

  • Kohautia aspera

    Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 48(2): 113 1952. (Syn: Hedyotis aspera B.Heyne ex Roth; Hedyotis elongata Wall. ex G.Don; Hedyotis strumosa A.Rich.; Kohautia strumosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Oldenlandia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) DC.; Oldenlandia leclercii A.Chev.; Oldenlandia strumosa (A.Rich.) Hiern); ….

  • Pennisetum clandestinum (Introduced)

    Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127 (2010) as per POWO; . Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 41 1903. (Syn: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone; Pennisetum inclusum Pilg.; Pennisetum longistylum var. clandestinum (Chiov.) Leeke;                         (≡) Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.)…

  • Geum macrosepalum

    Geum macrosepalum Ludlow, , Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 5: 271. 1976. (syn: Acomastylis macrosepala (Ludlow) T.T. Yu & C.L. Li) as per Catalogue of Life;  . Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life;  . Radical leaves 5-15cm, terminal leaflet broadly ovate or suborbicular 3-5 x 3-5cm, rounded, base…

  • Heracleum grande

    Heracleum grande (Dalzell & A. Gibson) Mukhop., Sci. & Cult. 39(12): 542 542 1973. (Syn: Heracleum grandis (Dalz.) S. M. Almeida; Pastinaca grandis Dalzell & A. Gibson; Peucedanum grande (Dalz. & Gibs.) C. B. Cl.); . commonly known as: hill carrot, wild carrot • Gujarati: બાફળી baphali, દકુ daku, એલા ela…

  • Utricularia recta

    Utricularia recta P. Taylor, Kew Bull. 41: 10 10 1986. (syn: Utricularia scandens var. firmula (Oliv.) Subramanyam & Banerjee; Utricularia wallichiana var. firmula Oliv.); . Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Utricularia recta is a small, probably annual carnivorous…

  • Vaccinium neilgherrense

    Vaccinium neilgherrense Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8:173. 1847; . Tamil: Kalavu, Kila Malayalam: Manalamaram Kannada: Hollenugu . Small trees, branchlets drooping. Leaves to 9 x 1.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate; nerves very oblique. Flowers 10 mm long; calyx tube glabrous, lobes ovate, ciliate; corolla white, glabrous, lobes ovate, spreading; filaments tomentose. Flowering and…

  • Lindernia micrantha

    Lindernia micrantha D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 85 85 1825. (Syn: Lindernia angustifolia (Benth.) Wettst.; Vandellia angustifolia Benth.); . The species occurs from India and Sri Lanka east through Nepal to China, Korea and Japan, south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is…

  • Glochidion candolleanum

    Glochidion candolleanum (Wight & Arn.) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 191, f. 10. E – I. 1995. Lobocarpus candolleanus Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 7. 1834. Glochidion neilgherrense Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 29. 1852; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 316. 1887;…

  • Eremurus stenophyllus (Introduced- USA)

    Eremurus stenophyllus (Boiss. & Buhse) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 281 1876. (Syn: Ammolirion stenophyllum Boiss. & Buhse; Henningia stenophylla (Boiss. & Buhse) A.P.Khokhr.;              Eremurus bungei Baker; Eremurus stenophyllus var. bungei (Baker) O. Fedtsch.); . Iran to Pakistan and Central Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan as per…

  • Tarenaya

    Cleoserrata speciosa (Raf.) Iltis – As per efi thread : Stamens are inserted together in a club like stub above the bottom in Cleoserrata speciosa, while these are inserted in the bottom in Tarenaya hassleriana   Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis : As per efi thread : Stamens are inserted together in a club like stub above the bottom in Cleoserrata speciosa, while…

  • Adelocaryum malabaricum ?

    Adelocaryum malabaricum ?; . Wild Plant For ID : Mahabaleshwar : 230813 : AK-3 : Attachments (1).  2 posts by 2 authors. A small wild plant seen on 30/11/2009 in Mahabaleshwar with a single leaf. Would this be the same posted by … as Adelocaryum malabaricum? Please confirm id. efi page…

  • Celtis philippensis

    Celtis philippensis Blanco, Fl. Filip. 197 1837. (syn: Bosea trinervia Roxb.; Celtis brevinervis (Blume) Planch.; Celtis brownii Rendle; Celtis collinsae Craib; Celtis djungiel (Blume) Planch.; Celtis hasseltii (Blume) Planch.; Celtis insularis Rendle; Celtis laurifolia (Blume) Planch.; Celtis mauritiana Planch.; Celtis mindanaensis Elmer; Celtis multifolia Elmer ex Merr. [Invalid]; Celtis philippensis…

  • Lindernia crustacea ?

    scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Torenia sp. for ID from Herbal garden Yamunanagar-GS-55 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help in the identification of this herb from Herbal garden in Yamunanagar. Torenia species so far in efi with keys Torenia crustacea (L.) Cham. & Schltdl.