• Matricaria

    Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Click link to see details and more images))   Matricaria chamomilla L. (Images by Nidhan Singh, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details and more images))   Matricaria discoidea DC. (Images by Gurcharan Singh and Sukla Chanda, Inserted by Gurcharan…

  • Zanthoxylum ovalifolium

    Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 169 169 1839. (Syn: Fagara dimorphophylla f. unifoliolata E. Pritz.; Fagara rubiginosa Reeder & S.Y.Cheo (unresolved); Zanthoxylum acanthopodium var. deminutum (Rehder) Reeder & S.Y. Cheo; Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl.; Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var. deminutum Rehder; Zanthoxylum pistaciiflorum Hayata; Zanthoxylum robiginosum (Reeder & S.Y. Cheo) C.C. Huang);…

  • Rhamnus virgata

    Rhamnus virgata Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 351-353 351 1824.  (Syn: Rhamnus dahuricus P. Lawson; Rhamnus leptophylla var. milensis C.K. Schneid.); . South India, Himalayas to West China as per India Biodiversity Portal; . 1000-3000 m; Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), N. Burma, W. China as per Checklist of Nepal;…

  • Fraxinus

    Fraxinus floribunda Wall. Fraxinus hookeri Wenz. (W. Himalaya as per WCSP) Fraxinus micrantha Lingelsh. Fraxinus xanthoxyloides (G.Don) Wall. ex A.DC. (Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)  

  • Crotalaria sessiliflora

    Crotalaria sessiliflora L. (Syn: Crotalaria anthylloides Lam.; Crotalaria brevipes Benth.; Crotalaria eriantha Siebold & Zucc.; Crotalaria oldhami Miq.; Crotalaria sessitiflora L. [Spelling variant]); . Short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath,…

  • Smithia ciliata

    Smithia ciliata Royle (Syn: Damapana ciliata (Royle) Kuntze; Smithia cavaleriei H.Lev.; Smithia coerulescens Zoll. & Morong; Smithia japonica Maxim.; Smithia nagasawai Hayata; Smithia pumila Royle ex Wight & Arn.); . Lender glabrous annual herb; leaves pinnate, 2-3 cm long with 6-12 oblong 6-12 mm long sensitive leaflets; stipules 6-8 mm…

  • Nesphostylis bracteata

    Nesphostylis bracteata (Baker) D.Potter & J.J.Doyle (Syn: Dolichos bracteatus Baker; Dolichos ghaticus Santapau & Panthaki; Sphenostylis bracteata (Baker) J.B.Gillett); . ¿ nes-fo-STY-lis ? — anagram of Sphenostylis, from which this genus was segregated brak-tee-AY-tuh — having bracts (modified leaves directly beneath the flower) . commonly known as: Indian yam bean…

  • Meizotropis buteiformis

    Meizotropis buteiformis Voigt (Syn:  Butea buteiformis (Voigt) Grierson & D.G.Long; Butea minor Baker; Butea xizangensis X.Y. Zhu & Y.F. Du; Megalotropis buteiformis (Voigt) Griff.; Plaso minor (Baker) Kuntze); . Meizotropis buteiformis (Fabaceae) from Uttarakhand :  Attachments (4). 9 posts by 7 authors. Meizotropis buteiformis Voigt [=Butea minor Buch.- Ham. ex Baker] of…

  • Prunus himalayana

    Prunus himalayana J. Wen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 164: 243 (2010) (syn: Maddenia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson; Maddenia himalaica var. glabrifolia H.Hara); . Nepal to Tibet and N. Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Himalayan Madden-Cherry . SHRUB ID……..30.10.2011……..S.S…….2nd: Date/Time-…………………………………………10th April. Afternoon. Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-……………….North of Lachung. Sikkim….

  • Pueraria phaseoloides

    Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. (Syn: Dioscorea bolojonica Blanco; Dolichos phaseoloides Roxb.; Neustanthus phaseoloides Benth.; Pachyrhizus teres Blanco; Phaseolus barbatus Wall.; Pueraria phaseoloides var. phaseoloides ); . puero, tropical kudzu • Assamese: বেজি-মাহ beji mah • Nepalese: बिदारी लहरो bidaarii laharo, कुदुजु घांस kuduzu ghans; . India (N) ; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ;…

  • Tephrosia candida

    Tephrosia candida (Roxb.) DC. (Syn: Cracca candida (Roxb.) Kuntze; Kiesera candida (DC.) Reinw.; Kiesera sericea Blume; Robinia candida Roxb.; Robinia sericea C.Presl; Xiphocarpus candidus Endl.; Xiphocarpus candidus (DC.) Hassk.; Xiphocarpus martinicensis C.Presl); . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam ; Bihar; Goa; Gujarat; Karnataka ; Madhaya Pradesh ;…

  • Ormosia robusta

      Ormosia robusta Baker (Syn: Arillaria robusta Kurz; Placolobium robustum (Roxb.) Yakovlev); . Bangladesh (N); India (N) ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam ; Myanmar (N); Thailand (N) as per ILDIS; . Common name: Robust Bead Tree • Garo: Sanchi, Sanchi-bloma • Miri: Porghum • Mizo: Pa-rual-thing . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Ormosia robusta_RKC_08_08112011: Ormosia…

  • Ormosia

    Ormosia pinnata (Lour.) Merr.   Ormosia robusta Baker images by Dr. Ritesh Kumar Chaudhary Ormosia travancorica Bedd. (India, Andaman Islands as per POWO)    . Sanjappa (1992) have mentioned following species of Ormosia in India: Ormosia assamica Yokovlev O. glauca Wall. O. robusta (Roxb.) Baker O. travencorica Bedd.   Reference: Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of…

  • Hylodesmum podocarpum subsp. oxyphyllum

    Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill subsp. oxyphyllum (DC.)H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (Syn: Desmodium fallax Schindl. var. mandshuricum (Maxim.)Nakai; Desmodium japonicum Miq.; Desmodium mandshuricum (Maxim.) Schindl.; Desmodium oxyphyllum DC.; Desmodium oxyphyllum DC. var. japonicum Matsum.; Desmodium oxyphyllum DC. var. mandshuricum (Maxim.)H.Ohashi; Desmodium podocarpum DC. var. mandshuricum Maxim.; Desmodium podocarpum…

  • Crotalaria longipes

    Crotalaria longipes Wight & Arn. (Syn: Crotalaria kodaiensis Debb. & S.Biswas; Crotalaria shevaroyensis Gamble; Crotalaria superfoliata Wight & Arn.); . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Crotalaria sp. -2 from Meghalaya(Barapani) KD 12 OCT15 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Attached images are Crotalaria sp. -2 from Experimental garden, Barapani, Meghalaya….

  • Teramnus mollis

    Teramnus mollis Benth. (Syn: Glycine mollis Wight & Arn.; Teramnus debilis sensu Prain; Teramnus labialis var. mollis Baker); . tay-RAM-nus — from the Greek teramnos (soft); referring to leaves and pods MAW-liss — soft . commonly known as: blue wiss, horse vine, rabbit vine, teramnus, vogel-tephrosia • Bengali: mashani •…

  • Tadehagi

    Detailed keys available in A New Circumscription of Tadehagi and a New Genus Akschindlium (Leguminosae) (2003) (pdf) . Keys in Flora of China and keys and details in A New Circumscription of Tadehagi and a New Genus Akschindlium (Leguminosae) (2003) (pdf). This publication says the distribution pattern differs between subsp. triquetrum and subsp. pseudotriquetrum; the former is not found…

  • Crotalaria leptostachya

    Crotalaria leptostachya Benth.; . kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh — Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken lep-toh-STAK-ee-ah — slender-spiked . slender spiked rattlepod • Marathi: डोंगरी ताग dongari tag • Hindi: खुलखुली khul-khuli; . Endemic to: c India and northern Western Ghats (of India); .   Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Crotalaria…

  • Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. paniculata

    Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. paniculata (Roxb.) Thoth. (Syn: Amerimnon paniculatum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Dalbergia hemsleyi Prain; Dalbergia maymensis Craib; Dalbergia nigrescens Kurz; Dalbergia paniculata Roxb.); . Wood of this sp. is used primarily as fuel and not preferred for furniture etc.; . Cambodia (N) ; India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Goa ;…

  • Goodyera biflora

    Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 114 1890. (Syn: Epipactis biflora (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis macrantha (Maxim.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis pauciflora (Schltr.) Hu; Georchis biflora Lindl.; Goodyera biflora var. macrantha (Maxim.) T.Hashim.; Goodyera macrantha Maxim.; Goodyera macrantha Maxim. ex Regel; Goodyera pauciflora Schltr.; Orchiodes biflorum (Lindl.) Kuntze; Peramium macranthum (Maxim.)…