• Prunus ceylanica

    Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1):366. 1855  ((=) Pygeum acuminatum Colebr.); . Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Magway, Taninthayi, Yangon), China (Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Andamans (South Andamans), Bangladesh, Java as per Catalogue of Life (Pygeum ceylanicum Gaertn.); . PROO-nus — plum family … Dave’s Botanarysey-LAN-ee-kuh — of…

  • Impatiens henslowiana

    Impatiens henslowiana Arn., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1:322. 1836  (syn: Impatiens albida Wight); . S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . Image by Santhosh Kumar    [efloraofindia:148398] Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: ESSK 13: BALSAMINACEAE: Impatiens from Kerala : 1 image. 3 posts by 2 authors. Impatiens helslowiana from…

  • Geranium rectum

    Geranium rectum Trautv., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 33(1):459. 1860; . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae- Geranium rectum from Kashmir-GS-33 : 5 images. 4 posts by 4 authors. Geranium rectum Trautv Species similar in appearance to G. lambertii but easily distinguished by its narrower petals not overlapping like other…

  • Impatiens chinensis

    Impatiens chinensis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 937 937 1753. (Syn: Impatiens cosmia Hook. f.; Impatiens crassicornu Hook. f.); . Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name:…

  • Nemesia strumosa (Introduced)

    Nemesia strumosa Benth., Compan. Bot. Mag. 2:18. 1836 (syn: Antirrhinum strumosum Banks ex Benth.); South Africa (W-Cape Prov.), Canada (I) (Quebec (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Nemesia, Pouch nemesia, Capejewels     Reg Flower ID :  2 images. Kindly help in naming these flowers which bloomed in…

  • Impatiens racemosa

    Impatiens racemosa DC., Prodr. 1: 688 688 1824. (syn: Impatiens microsciadia Hook. f.); . Smaller flowers and longer slightly incurved spur seems to differentiate it from I. scabrida. It is quite distinct from I. scarbida, in habit also, this is smaller in height;  . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: NS12:…

  • Globba orixensis

    Globba orixensis Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 358 1810. (syn: Alpinia missionis Wall. ; Globba orixensis var. pubescens Subba Rao & Kumari); . India to E. Himalaya and Myanmar: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar as per POWO; .   23022012 SR-1 ID This plant: ID this plant found in BTR 05.06.2011 B.T.R. West Bengal Herb…

  • Sageraea laurina

    IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT) . Sageraea laurina Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 207. 1851 (syn: Sageraea laurifolia Blatter; Guatteria laurifolia J. Graham) as per A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner (2015); . ¿ say-GAY-ree-uh ? — derived from the…

  • Selaginella species- Maha Kumbh at Allahabad

    Sanjivani : I spent 7 days in Maha Kumbh at Allahabad. At one spot I saw a man selling this herb as Sanjivani and I saw many crippled man and women in fair.. Here are few pictures of this so called Sanjivani for specialist to decide. I have seen this being…

  • Ligustrum lucidum (Cultivated)

    Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 1: 19 1810. (Syn: Esquirolia sinensis H.Lév.; Ligustrum compactum var. latifolium W.C.Cheng; Ligustrum esquirolii H.Lév.; Ligustrum lucidum var. alivonii Rehder ……..; Ligustrum magnoliifolium Dippel; Ligustrum roxburghii Blume; Ligustrum wallichii Vis.; Olea clavata G.Don; Phillyrea paniculata Roxb.; Phillyrea terminalis B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]; Visiania paniculata (Roxb.) DC.);…

  • Hygrophila polysperma

    Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 456 1867. (Syn: Hemiadelphis polysperma (Roxb.) Nees; Justicia polysperma Roxb.; Ruellia uliginosa Wall.); . dwarf hygrophila, dwarf hygro, Miramar weed or Indian waterweed; . lowland herb Hooghly 30-01-13 sk2: Found this small herb in a lowland which remains underwater from July…

  • Ceratophyllum demersum

    Ceratophyllum demersum L., Sp. Pl. 992 1753. (Syn: Ceratophyllum cornutum Rich. ex S.F. Gray; Dichotophyllum demersum (L.) Moench); . 21022013 BRS 458: Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. confirmation. Location: Chennai, Adayar Creek Date: 21.02.2013 Habitat: Creek (an inlet of the sea) Habit: grass like? a horse…

  • Pennisetum purpureum x Pennisetum americanum

      Grass for ID : Oman : 140213 : AK-2: Kindly id this grass seen at a farm here on 1/2/13. Was told that it is a fodder grass, to feed the cattle on the farm. The stalks are cut, and it grows again. It is commonly known as Gajraj…

  • Coelogyne alba

    Coelogyne alba (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 236 (1861) as per POWO; . Otochilus albus Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 35 1830. (Syn: Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Lindl. [Invalid]; Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Hook.f.; Coelogyne alba (Lindl.) Rchb.f.); . Nepal to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand,…

  • Garden Flowering Plant from Gurgaon, Haryana

    Please help ID Flower shot at Gurgaon 030711SS02; Request help to ID the following flower. Details are as below: Date/Time- January 2011 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Gurgaon, Haryana Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Flowering Plant Height/Length- 2 ft Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- NA…

  • Meconopsis horridula

    Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 252 252 1855. (syn: Papaver horridulum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng); . China (W-Gansu, Qinghai, W-Sichuan), Tibet, Bhutan (Kachin, Sagaing), Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma], India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; . Fwd: Image of Meconopsis horridula : 1…

  • Strobilanthes ciliata

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Strobilanthes ciliata Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 85. 1832 (Syn: Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek.; Nilgirianthus warreensis (Dalzell) Bremek.; Strobilanthes parviflora Bedd.; Strobilanthes warreensis Dalzell) as per POWO; . SW-India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life; . stroh-bil-AN-theez —…

  • Procris crenata

    Procris crenata C.B.Rob., Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 507 1910 publ. 1911. (Syn: Elatostema gagnepainianum H.Schroet.; Pellionia procropioides Gagnep.; Procris laevigata Miq.; Procris rhizantha Gagnep.; Procris wightiana Wall. ex Wedd.); . Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Guinea, Gulf…

  • Procris

    Procris crenata C.B.Rob. (Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Procris crenata C.B. Rob. (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal…

  • Ochreinauclea missionis

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Ochreinauclea missionis (Wall. ex G.Don) Ridsdale, Blumea 24: 332 1978. (Syn: Bancalus missionis (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Nauclea missionis Wall. ex G.Don; Nauclea oblongata Miq. ex Hook.f.; Sarcocephalus missionis (Wall. ex G.Don) Havil.); . India (Kerala, Karnatica, Maharashtra) as per POWO; . Vernacular…