• Wendlandia wallichii

    Wendlandia wallichii Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 402 (1834) ; . E. Himalaya to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya as per POWO; . A large shrub. Branchlets greyish-brown, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Leaves in opposite pairs, oblong -elliptic, 10-19 x 4-9cm, shorly acuminate, base…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th Nov.’23

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th Nov.’23: more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,59,700 messages so far & membership currently more than 3475…

  • Polytrichum species- Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

    SK 3890 12 November 2023 – Moss: 4 very high res. images. Location: Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Altitude: 1500m. Date: 04 November 2023 Habit : Wild It looks like Polytrichum sp. For correct identification check other morphological details 4 sp. are listed in Nepal P. alpinum, commune, juniperinum and xanthopilum and…

  • Thuidium species- Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

    SK 3892 13 November 2023 – Moss: 3 very high res. images. Location: Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Altitude:  1500m. Date: 04 November 2023 Habit : Wild This is Thuidium dp Could it be Pelekium versicolor (Hornsch. ex Müll. Hal.) Touw syn.Thuidium tamariscellum (Müll. Hal.) Bosch & Sande Lac. ?? According to the elevation ?? 1…

  • Calanthe species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 3899 24 November 2023 – Orchidaceae: 3 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 November 2023 Altitude: 2000m. Habitat : Wild  Calanthe.. ? Should be a Calanthe but can’t confirm the species.

  • Aconitum species- Dayara range, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

    Plant ID confirmation Aconitum sp.: Request for id cofirmation Aconitum sp.? Date: 19 August 2023 Location: Dayara range, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Altitude: 3550 meters asl Plant habit/habitat: Wild/Herb Yes, more details are required. What are the species reported from the area?  

  • Heliotropium zeylanicum

    Heliotropium zeylanicum (Burm.f.) Lam., Encycl. 3: 94 (1789) (syn: Heliotropium curassavicum var. zeylanicum Burm.f. ; Heliotropium gracile R.Br. ; Heliotropium inconspicuum Dinter ex Vaupel ; Heliotropium linifolium Lehm. ; Heliotropium saltianum Steud. ; Heliotropium subulatum (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Vatke ; Heliotropium subulatum var. arenarium Vatke ; Heliotropium zeylanicum var. arenarium (Vatke) Chiov. ; Heliotropium zeylanicum var. subulatum (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Chiov. ; Messerschmidia hispida Benth. ; Myosotis fruticosa L. ;…

  • Old eFI site deleted by Google w.e.f. 26.11.23

    Old eFI site deleted by Google: 1 screenshot. Old eFI site seems to have been finally deleted by Google. Pl. see the screenshot attached. Finally they put the curtains over classic sites. It means all the searches will now be reaching the new eFI site only? Possibly. . Jasminum in…

  • Gastrochilus species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 3897 22 November 2023 – Orchidaceae: 2 high res. images. Location:Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal  Date: 20 November 2023 Elevation: 1698 m. Habit : Wild Gastrochilus … ??? Hard to make out without open flowers. But I guess this is some Gastrochilus.  

  • Duhaldea simonsii

    Duhaldea simonsii (C. B. Cl.) A. A. Anderberg, Pl. Syst. Evol. 176: 104 (1991) (syn: Helenium simonsii Kuntze ; Inula simonsii C.B.Clarke); . Bhutan to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: East-Himalayan Inula . Shrub c 2m or undershrub; stems sparsely hispid (hairs c 2.5mm, brownish). Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 9-20…

  • Combretum wallichii

    Combretum wallichii DC., Prodr. 3: 21 (1828) (syn: Combretum auriculatum C.Y.Wu & T.Z.Hsu ; Combretum chinense Roxb. ; Combretum incertum Hand.-Mazz. ; Combretum linyenense Hand.-Mazz. ; Combretum purpurascens Hand.-Mazz. ; Combretum wallichii var. pubinerve C.Y.Wu ; Terminalia mairei H.Lév.); . Nepal to S. Central China (to Guangxi) and N. Indo-China: China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as…

  • Strobilanthes species- Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh

      Here i am sending photos of strobilanthus species collected from chittor district of andhra Pradesh : 17 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2)- around 650 kb each. Please identify the stobilanthus species Strobilanthes consanguineus ?? Looks different from images at Strobilanthes consanguinea Could not find a match as per…

  • Nepal- herb at Chandragiri, Kathmandu

    SK 3889 06 November 2023: 3 very high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 31 October 2023 Altitude : 1825m. Habit : Wild  Impatiens ? Can not say.  

  • Ceropegia maculata

    Ceropegia maculata Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Spotted Ceropegia . Slender glabrous herbs. Leaves to 8.5 x 5.5 cm, ovate, acute or acuminate, base obtuse or…

  • Impatiens species- Ailawng, Mizoram

    MS, Nov.,2023/03 Impatiens sp. for id: 2 images. Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,200 m Date : 04-11-2023 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Image details not sufficient for ID ! Looks like Impatiens triloba..! May I request you to pl. post high res. images and other images if…

  • Azelea and lavender

    Azelea and lavender: would like to know if Azalea and lavender will grow well in chennai climate. In my view it is difficult. They are grown generally in hilly places like Ooty & Kodai in Tamil Nadu.  

  • Strobilanthes pubiflora

    Strobilanthes pubiflora J. R. I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 254 (1994); . E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Hairy-Tube Coneflower . Undershrub 0.5-1m. Stems decumbent or ascending, glabrous. Leaves unequal, broadly elliptic, 6-20 x 2-7cm, shortly acuminate, base attenuate, serrate, glabrous, green above,…

  • Corchorus species- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

    Need plant ID: 1 image. Need help with plant ID. Bhopal 15/8/2023 This is https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/19/corchorus/ Difficult to say about species with this image.  

  • Heterostemma species- near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki, Kerala- A new species?

    496 ID wild climber: 24 high res. images. Please ID wild climber, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 09SEP2023, 03.20pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy alpine Plant habit: climbing herb, branches, weak cylindrical stem 07mm base circumference, velvety sprouts, perennial Height: 02 meters…

  • Drypetes indica

    Drypetes indica (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 278 (1922) (syn: Cyclostemon indicus Müll.Arg.; Cyclostemon griffithii Hook.f. ; Cyclostemon hieranensis Hayata ; Cyclostemon karapinensis Hayata ; Cyclostemon lancifolius Hook.f. ; Drypetes griffithii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes hieranensis (Hayata) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes karapinensis (Hayata) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes karapinensis var. hieranensis (Hayata) Hurus….