• Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

    Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip., W. G. Walpers, Repert. bot. syst. 2:948. 1843 (Syn: (≡) Vernonia amygdalina Delile (basionym));  . Vernonia amygdalina, a member of the Asteraceae family, is a small shrub that grows in the tropical Africa. V. amygdalina typically grows to a height of 2–5 m. The leaves…

  • Gymnanthemum

    Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip. (Cultivated) (Images by Raman Arunachalam and Ranjit Ahluwalia, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh)     Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn (Images by Raman Arunachalam, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh) Gymnanthemum extensum (Wall. ex DC.) Steetz (India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Manipur), China (Yunnan, Guizhou), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), Bangladesh…

  • Garden plant in Haryana

    Jasminum sambac Cordia [possibly C.dichotoma]. Could be the Crepe Myrtle tree [Lagerstroemia indica]. Id request :  Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. this picture taken at june 2013 in my garden, please kindly id this plant. Jasminum sambac This is a species of Cordia [possibly C.dichotoma]. Not Lagerstroemia  sps.  This tree is certainly Cordia species (Cordia dichotoma  ???). Not very clear,…

  • Symplocos ramosissima

    Symplocos ramosissima Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 3 3 1837. (syn: Dicalix myrianthus (Rehder) Migo; Eugeniodes ramosissimum (Wall. ex G. Don) Kuntze; Lodhra ramosissima (Wall. ex G. Don) Miers; Symplocos candolleana Brand; Symplocos fasciculata var. chinensis Brand; Symplocos myriantha Rehder; Symplocos ramosissima var. salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.; Symplocos stapfiana H….

  • Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

    Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, 206 1981. (syn: Dasyanthus conglobatus (Lam.) Bubani; Filaginella luteoalba (L.) Opiz; Gnaphalium dealbatum var. luteo-fuscum (Webb) Lobin; Gnaphalium depressum Steud.; Gnaphalium dichotomum Blanco; Gnaphalium helichrysoides Wedd.; Gnaphalium luteo-fuscum Webb; Gnaphalium luteoalbum var. compactum Kirk; Gnaphalium luteoalbum var. incanum A.Rich.; Gnaphalium luteoalbum var. luteoalbum ;…

  • Dichrocephala benthamii

    Dichrocephala benthamii C.B.Clarke, 36 1876. (syn: Dichrocephala amphiloba H.Lév. & Vaniot; Dichrocephala bodinieri Vaniot); . Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid Heads: Dichrocephala for id from VOF Trek- NS 41 : Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors. This herb was shot from near helipad in Ghanghariya during our VOF Trek.. I…

  • Castanopsis indica

    Castanopsis indica (Roxb. ex Lindl.) A.DC., J. Bot. 1: 182 1863. (Syn: Castanea indica Roxb. ex Lindl.; Castanea indica Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Castanopsis indica (Roxb.) Miq.; Castanopsis macrostachya Hu; Castanopsis subacuminata Hayata; Quercus acutissima var. roxburghii (Endl.) Schottky; Quercus acutissima subsp. roxburghii (Endl.) A.Camus; Quercus dubia Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Quercus…

  • Cyperus digitatus

    Cyperus digitatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 209 1820. (Syn: Cyperus hieronymii BARROS); . Cyperus digitatus is distributed in pantropics and subtropics (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mexico, Central America, South America and Africa). In India it is known to occur in Andra Pradesh (throughout; B. Sadasivaiah pers….

  • Cyperus distans

    Cyperus distans L.f., Suppl. Pl. 103 1782. (syn: Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl. [Illegitimate];  Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük. ……..; Cyperus elatus Rottb. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus graminicolus Steud.; Cyperus kurrii Steud.; Cyperus laxus Vahl [Illegitimate]; Cyperus graminicolus Steud.; Cyperus kurrii Steud.; Cyperus laxus Vahl [Illegitimate]; Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl [Illegitimate]; Cyperus psilostachys Steud.; Cyperus…

  • Artemisia indica ?

    IDENTITY -43 : 1 image. Attaching collage of a road -side plant. The leaves on crushing emits a very strong smell. Will you please identify ? Artemisia sp. Pl. check Artemisia nilagirica (C.B.Clarke) Pamp. with your high resolution images, as details are not clearly seen here.  Looks different as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_vulgaris https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Artemisia+vulgaris https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=5148 http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/mugwort…

  • Centipeda minima

    Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch., 6 1867. (Syn: Artemisia minimaL.; Artemisia orbicularis(Lour.) Roxb.; Artemisia stemutatoriaRoxb.; Artemisia sternutatoriaRoxb.; Centipeda minima var. lanuginosa(DC.) Domin; Centipeda minima var. minima; Centipeda minima subsp. minima; Centipeda minuta(Less.) C.B.Clarke; Centipeda minuta(G.Forst.) Benth.; Centipeda orbicularis Lour. [Illegitimate]; Centipeda orbicularis var. lanuginosa(DC.) F.M.Bailey; Centipeda orbicularis var. minuta(G.Forst.)…

  • Cyperus imbricatus

    Cyperus imbricatus Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 12 1788. (Syn: Cyperus anabaptistus Steud.; Cyperus biceps Vahl; Cyperus campestris Schrad. ex Nees; Cyperus confertiflorus Schult.; Cyperus densiflorus Link; Cyperus densispicatus Hayata; Cyperus densispicatus Cherm. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus digitatus Nees [Illegitimate]; Cyperus flexifolius Boeckeler; Cyperus imbricatus var. capitatus (Boeckeler) Kük. …..; Cyperus involucratus Poir. [Illegitimate];…

  • Galium verum subsp. verum

    Galium verum L., Sp. Pl. 107 1753. (Syn: Galium affine Roth; Galium alpinum Schur, nom.illeg.; Galium approximatum Gren.; Galium atropatanum Grossh.; Galium bracteolatum Sennen; Galium caucasicum Lag.; Galium densiflorum Ledeb.; Galium densiflorum f. leiocarpum Printz; Galium gironae Sennen; Galium glabratum Klokov; Galium glabrum Hoffm., nom.illeg.; Galium leonis Sennen; Galium luteoverticillatum…

  • Calopogonium mucunoides

    Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.,  (Syn: Calopogonium brachycarpum Hemsl.; Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb.; Glycine javanica “sensu Backer, non L.”; Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.;                      (=) Calopogonium brachycarpum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hemsl.); .   Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Atylosia sp for ID (RD_004): Need help to ID this Atylosia sp Date:02/11/2009 Place: Assam Interesting plant. Appears to be…

  • Drypetes sepiaria

    Drypetes sepiaria (Wight & Arn.) Pax & K.Hoffm., Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XV: 271 1922. (syn: Hemicyclia sepiaria Wight & Arn.; Hemicyclia sepiaria var. australasica Baill.; Hemicyclia sepiaria var. oblongifolia Benth.); . India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; . Common name: Hedge Boxwood • Malayalam: Vellakasavu, Veeramaram • Tamil: Kalvirai, Aadumilukkan,…

  • Drypetes

    Drypetes assamica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. (India: Moist evergreen forests, primary forests, deciduous forests, subtropical forests, up to 1400 m altitude. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman Islands; Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand and Indo-China as per BSI Flora of India)         Drypetes confertiflora…

  • Goniothalamus macrophyllus (Indonesia) ?

    Goniothalamus macrophyllus (Blume) Hook.fil. & Thomson, Linnaea 29: 313 (1858) (syn: Goniothalamus forbesii Baker f. ; Goniothalamus lanceolatus (Bân) Mat-Salleh ; Goniothalamus macrophyllus var. kerrii Bân ; Goniothalamus macrophyllus var. lanceolatus Bân ; Goniothalamus macrophyllus var. siamensis J.Sinclair; Polyalthia macrophylla (Blume) Blume; Unona macrophylla Blume); . S. Thailand to W. Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO; . Images…

  • Diplazium maximum or Diplazium laxifrons

    ID Please : Attachments (2).  6 posts by 3 authors. Id Please A vegetable known as Ningra (Local name in Gangtok, Sikkim) 20 May, 2013 It is a Fern, Diplazium sps. , probably Diplazium esculentum. efi page on Diplazium esculentum WE NEPALI CALL IT A NINGRO……….BUT STILL BEING IN THIS SOCIETY…

  • Begonia species- Haldumella in Sri Lanka

    13062013 ASP 52 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this medicinal herb. Photo was taken in Haldumella in the upcountry area in Sri Lanka in March 2013 This is a Begonia species… Begonia cucullata Willd. ?? I think looks different from images at Begonia cucullata Begonia cucullata Willd. which I…

  • 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.) ?; . KBN 09062013 02 : 2 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Is it…