• Meyna

    Meyna laxiflora Robyns (Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Name Distribution Meyna laxiflora Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal Meyna pubescens Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,…

  • Mesua ferrea

    Mesua ferrea L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1: 734 734 1762. (Syn: Calophyllum nagassarium Burm.f. (Unresolved); Mesua nagassarium (Burm. f.) Kosterm.); . ¿ may-SEW-ah ? — named after Mesue, father-son, Arabian physicians and botanists … A Pocket Botanical Dictionary by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley FER-ee-uh — of iron … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Ceylon…

  • Mentha spicata

    Mentha spicata L., Sp. Pl. 576 1753. (syn: Mentha aquatica var. crispa (L.) Benth. ……..; Mentha crispa L. …….; Mentha longifolia var. crispata (Schrad. ex Willd.) Rouy ……..; Mentha spicata subsp. glabrata (Lej. & Courtois) Lebeau ……..; Mentha viridis (L.) L.; Mentha viridis var. allodonta Topitz ………….; Mentha walteriana Opiz); . Is this Mentha piperita? –…

  • Memecylon grande

    Memecylon grande Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) iv. 26.; .   South-west Sri Lanka.  This species was found in eight forest sites during the extensive forest surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review. A rare tree confined to lowland wet evergreen forest. (From IUCN Red List (VU) Citation- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998….

  • Solena

    Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi (South India as per as per Review of the Genus Solena (Cucurbitaceae) Authors: Wilde, W.J.J.O. De; Duyfjes, B.E.E. Source: Blumea – Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 49, Number 1, May 2004 , pp. 69-81(13))- Shape of the fruit is distintive. (Images by Nasim Kasim (Id…

  • Melicope elleryana (Introduced)

    Melicope elleryana (F. Muell.) T.G. Hartley, Allertonia 8(1): 201 201 2001. (Syn: Euodia elleryana F. Muell.); . Maluku to Santa Cruz Islands and N. Australia: Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Western Australia; Introduced: Hawaii as per POWO; / Australia…

  • Melicope

    Melicope denhamii (Seem.) T.G.Hartley (Introduced) (Borneo, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Isl., Bismarck Arch., Sulawesi, Vanuatu, Fiji, Palau Isl. (Babeldaob, Koror), Tonga (Tofua), Micronesia (Pohnpei), Philippines (I), Sumatra (I) as per Catalogue of Life) Melicope elleryana (F. Muell.) T.G. Hartley (Introduced) (Australia (NE-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales), Moluccas (Morotai, Obi, Ceram, Tanimbar),…

  • Melia azedarach

    Melia azedarach L., Sp. Pl. 384 1753. (Syn. Azedara speciosa Raf.; Azedarach commelinii Medik.; Azedarach deleteria Medik.; Azedarach fraxinifolia Moench; Azedarach odoratum Noronha; Azedarach sempervirens Kuntze; Azedarach sempervirens var. glabrior (C.DC.) Kuntze ..; Melia azedarach var. intermedia (Makino) Makino …..; Melia japonica var. semperflorens Makino; Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. ….); . bead tree,…

  • Melanthera biflora

    Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild, Kirkia 5: 4. 1965 4 1965. (syn: Acmella biflora (L.) Spreng.; Anthemiopsis macrophylla Bojer ex DC.; Buphthalmum australe Spreng.; Eclipta scabriuscula Wall. [Invalid]; Niebuhria biflora (L.) Britten; Spilanthes peregrina Blanco; Stemmodontia biflora W.Wight (Unresolved); Stemmodontia canescens W.Wight (Unresolved); Verbesina aquatilis Burm.; Verbesina argentea Gaudich.; Verbesina biflora L. .; Verbesina canescens…

  • Melanocenchris jacquemontii

    Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 4: 36 1851. (syn. Amphipogon humilis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Gracilea royleana Hook.f.; Melanocenchris royleana Nees [Invalid]; Pommereulla royleana Steud. [Invalid]); . Socotra, Iraq, Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Socotra, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Desert Black-Millet ,    id…

  • Melanocenchris

    Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub. & Spach (Socotra, Iraq, Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Socotra, West Himalaya as per POWO)  

  • Medinilla beddomei

    Medinilla beddomei C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] ii. 548.; . Epiphytic shrubs; branches terete, pendulous. Leaves 2.5 cm across, obtuse at base and apex, very succulent, ribs indistinct; petiole 5 mm long. Cymes axillary, 1-3 flowered; pedicels 2 cm long, glabrous. Flowers white; calyx tube 7 mm long,…

  • Medinilla

    Medinilla beddomei C.B.Clarke Medinilla rubicunda (Jack) Blume   Medinilla speciosa (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl. (Cultivated) . Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution): Medinilla erythrophylla Lindl. (1000 m; Himalaya (Nepal to NEFA), Assam, N. Burma, W. China) (syn. of Medinilla rubicunda (Jack) Blume as per…

  • Melastomataceae

    Comparative images of this family except for genara Memecylon, Osbeckia and Sonerila are given below: . Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don   Heterocentron elegans (Schltdl.) Kuntze (Cultivated) Heterotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél.     Medinilla beddomei C.B.Clarke Medinilla rubicunda (Jack) Blume   Melastoma malabathricum L. Images by J.M.Garg & Raghu Ananth Identified by…

  • Medicago sativa

    Medicago sativa L. (Syn: Medica sativa Lam.; Medicago afganica (Bordere) Vassilcz.; Medicago alaschanica Vassilcz.; Medicago asiatica subsp. sinensis Sinskaya; Medicago beipinensis Vassilcz.; Medicago grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz.; Medicago ladak Vassilcz.; Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.; Medicago orientalis Vassilcz.; Medicago pekinensis Vassilcz.; Medicago polia (Brand) Vassilcz.; Medicago praesativa Sinskaya; Medicago praesativa subsp. spontanea Sinsk.; Medicago roborovskii…

  • Medicago polymorpha

    Medicago polymorpha L. (syn: Medicago apiculata Willd.; Medicago denticulata Willd.; Medicago hispida Gaertn.; Medicago hispida var. confinus (W.D.J.Koch) Burnat; Medicago hispida var. nigra L.; Medicago lappacea Desr.; Medicago loretii Albert; Medicago nigra (L.) Krock.; Medicago nigra subsp. microcarpa (Urb.) O.Bolos & Vigo; Medicago nigra var. nigra (L.) Krock.; Medicago pentacycla DC.;…

  • Medicago lupulina

    Medicago lupulina L. (Syn: Medica lupulina Scop.; Medicago appenina Woods; Medicago cupaniana Guss.; Medicago lupulina subsp. cupaniana (Guss.) Nyman; Medicago lupulina subsp. eurasiatica Braun-Blanq.; Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa W.D.J.Koch; Medicago wildenowii Merat); . Black medick, Hop clover, Yellow trefoil, Nonesuch;  . Medicago lupulina from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups : Balgarden, Srinagar…

  • Meconopsis

    Meconopsis aculeata Royle (Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan (Hazara), SW-Tibet as per Catalogue of Life) Meconopsis grandis Prain (Bhutan, Nepal, SC-Tibet, Sikkim, India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life) Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. & Thomson (China (W-Gansu, Qinghai, W-Sichuan), Tibet, Bhutan (Kachin, Sagaing), Nepal, Sikkim,…

  • Mecardonia procumbens (Introduced)

    Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1065 1903. (Syn: Bacopa chamaedryoides (Kunth) Wettstein; Bacopa chamaedryoides var. microphylla (Schmidt) Angely.; Bacopa dianthera (Sw.) Descole & Borsini; Bacopa divaricata (J.A.Schmidt) Loefgr. & Edwall; Bacopa montevidensis (Spreng.) Herter & Melch.; Bacopa peduncularis (Benth.) Standley; Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm.; Bacopa procumbens var. peduncularis…

  • Mazus

    Mazus delavayi Bonati (Images by Alok Mahendroo  (For more images & complete details, click on the links)  Mazus motuoensis W. B. Ju, Bo Xu bis & X. F. Gao (Tibet as per POWO)       Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis (Images by Surajit Koley (Id assistance by Balkar Singh), Nidhan Singh, D S Rawat, Alka…