Monstera deliciosa Liebm., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1: 19 1849. (Syn: Monstera borsigiana K.Koch; Monstera borsigiana Engl.; Monstera deliciosa var. borsigiana Engl.; Monstera deliciosa var. sierrana G.S.Bunting; Monstera lennea K.Koch; Monstera tacanaensis Matuda; Philodendron anatomicum Kunth; Tornelia fragrans Gut. ex Schott); . Ceriman, Swiss Cheese Plant, Fruit Salad Plant,…
Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 14 1826. (Syn: Momordica macrophylla Gage; Momordica meloniflora Hand.-Mazz.; Momordica mixta Roxb.; Muricia cochinchinensis Lour.; Zucca commersoniana Ser.); . Images by Surajit Koley & (Niyas – Id by Gurcharan Singh), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) . Chinese Cucumber, Spiny bitter-cucumber,…
Momordica charantia L., Sp. Pl. 1009 1753. (syn. Cucumis argyi H.Lév., Cucumis intermedius M.Roem.; Momordica chinensis Spreng.; Momordica elegans Salisb.; Momordica indica L.; Momordica muricata Willd.; Momordica operculata Vell.; Momordica sinensis Spreng.; Sicyos fauriei H. Lév.); . mo-MOR-di-ka — from the word to bite, reference to the seeds which look…
Mollugo nudicaulis Lam., Encycl. 4: 234 1797. (syn. Lampetia nudicaulis (Lam.) Raf.; Pharnaceum bellidifolium Poir. (Unresolved); Pharnaceum spathulatum Sw. (Unresolved)); . Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin (syn: Lampetia nudicaulis (Lam.) Raf.; Mollugo bellidifolia (Poir.) Ser.; Mollugo caespitosa S. Elliot; Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.; Mollugo nudicaulis var. bellidifolia (Poir.) Rohrb.; Mollugo spathulata (Sw.) Kunth; Pharnaceum bellidifolium…
Mitragyna diversifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) Havil. (Bangladesh to China (Yunnan) and Malesia as per POWO) Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. (Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as per POWO) Mitragyna rotundifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze (Darjiling to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is.,…
Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC. (Alabama; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Aruba; Assam; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Repu; Chad; China South-Central; China Southeast; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Cuba; East Himalaya; Ecuador; El Salvador; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Florida;…
Mirabilis jalapa L., Sp. Pl. 177 1753. (Syn: Jalapa congesta Moench; Jalapa dichotoma (L.) Crantz; Jalapa officinalis Garsault [Invalid]; Jalapa officinarum Martyn; Jalapa undulata Moench; Mirabilis ambigua Trautv.; Mirabilis dichotoma Gater. (ambiguous synonym); Mirabilis dichotoma L. (ambiguous synonym); Mirabilis jalapa subsp. lindheimeri Standl.; Mirabilis laevis Brandeg.; Mirabilis lindheimeri (Standl.) Shinners); Mirabilis longiflora Blanco;…
Mimusops elengi L., Sp. Pl. 349 1753. (Syn: Imbricaria perroudii Montrouz.; Kaukenia elengi (L.) Kuntze; Kaukenia javensis (Burck) Kuntze; Kaukenia timorensis (Burck) Kuntze; Magnolia xerophila P.Parm.; Manilkara parvifolia (R.Br.) Dubard; Mimusops elengi var. parvifolia (R.Br.) H.J.Lam; Mimusops erythroxylon Llanos ex Fern.-Vill. [Illegitimate]; Mimusops javensis Burck; Mimusops latericia Elmer; Mimusops lucida…
Mimosa himalayana Gamble (syn. Mimosa rubricaulis sensu auct.; Mimosa rubricaulis subsp. himalayana (Gamble) H.Ohashi); . A large deciduous shrub with ribbed densely hairy branches with straight or hooked up to 4 mm long prickles; leaf bippinate with up to 25 cm long rachis; pinnae 5-12 pairs, leaflets (pinnules) 6-15 pairs,…
Mimosa pudica L. (syn: Mimosa hispidula Kunth); . mim-MOH-suh — from the word for mimic, referring to the movement of the leaves pud-EE-kuh — shrinking, closing, modest . commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati,…
Millettia pachycarpa Benth., F. A. W. Miquel, Pl. jungh. 250. 1852; . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Milletia pachycarpa_RKC_05_08112011: Milletia pachycarpa Loc.: Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 700 msl) Date: Sept., 2007 This Milletia is confined to NE region in India. Root extract is locally used as a fish-poison. More information is…
Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) J.Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 14:378. 1955 (Syn: (≡) Saccopetalum tomentosum (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson; (≡) Uvaria tomentosa Roxb. (basionym)); . ¿ mil-ee-u-suh ? — named for Josephus Milius Vottolinus, author of De Hortorum Cultura … Flora of Australia Online toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs…
Mikania micrantha Kunth, 1820. (Syn. Eupatorium denticulatum Vahl; Eupatorium orinocense (Kunth) M.Gómez ..; Kleinia alata G.Mey.; Mikania alata (G.Mey.) DC.; Mikania denticulata (Vahl) Willd.; Mikania glechomaefolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker [Illegitimate]; Mikania micrantha (Hieron.) B.L.Rob.; Mikania micrantha f. hirsuta (Hieron.) B.L.Rob.; Mikania orinocensis Kunth; Mikania scandens var. subcymosa (Gardner) Baker ..; Mikania sinuata…
Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 32: 95 1863. (syn. Cnemidostachys chamaelaea (L.) Spreng.; Cnemidostachys linearifolia Miq.; Elachocroton asperococcum F.Muell.; Excoecaria chamelaea (L.) Baill.; Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg.; Sebastiania chamaelea var. africana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Sebastiania chamaelea var. asperococca (F.Muell.) Pax; Sebastiania chamaelea var. chariensis Beille; Stillingia asperococca (F.Muell.) Baill.; Stillingia chamaelea…
Lepisorus zippelii (Blume) C.F.Zhao, R.Wei & X.C.Zhang, Cladistics 36: 251 (2019) (syn: Bathmium subfalcatum Fée ; Drynaria subfalcata J.Sm. ; Microsorum luzonicum (Copel.) Tagawa ; Pleopeltis luzonica (Copel.) Alderw. ; Polypodium luzonicum Copel. ; Polypodium oxyphyllum Kunze ; Colysis zippelii (Blume) J.Sm. ; Microsorum zippelii (Blume) Ching ; Neocheiropteris zippelii (Blume) Bosman ; Neolepisorus zippelii (Blume) Li Wang ; Pleopeltis zippelii (Blume) T.Moore ; Polypodium heterocarpum var. zippelii (Blume) Baker ; Polypodium zippelii Blume ); , Tropical…
Microsorum membranaceum (D. Don) Ching (Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO (Bosmania membranacea (D.Don) Testo)) Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo,…
Microlepia speluncae (L.) T. Moore (Tropics & Subtropics: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji,…
Dennstaedtia species- Kalimpong, West Bengal Hypolepis resistens (Kze.) Hook. (Hainan to Tropical Asia and SW. Pacific: Borneo, Hainan, India, Malaya, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam as per POWO) Microlepia speluncae (L.) T. Moore (Tropics & Subtropics: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo,…
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 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…