Murdannia striatipetala Faden, Novon 11: 26 2001.; , Striped Dewflower ; . Unbranched to tufted annual herb up to 20-25 cm tall with definite base. Leaf lamina oblong to lanceolate. Flowers terminal or axillary from the upper leaves. Petals pale lavender with dark, contrasting veins,margin crenulate; stamens 3 bending to…
Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan, Kew Bull. 7: 186 1952. (syn. Aneilema cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot; Aneilema longifolium Hook.; Aneilema rigidum Blatt.; Aneilema secundum Wight; Aneilema simplex (Vahl) Kunth; Aneilema simplex (Vahl) C.B. Clarke; Aneilema sinicum Ker Gawl.; Aneilema sinicum var. simplex (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; Commelina hookeri A.Dietr.; Commelina longifolia (Hook.) Spreng….
Murdannia edulis (Stokes) Faden, Taxon 29: 77 1980. (syn. Aneilema formosanum N.E.Br.; Aneilema loureiroi Hance [Illegitimate]; Aneilema loureiroi var. horsfieldii C.B.Clarke; Aneilema multiscaposum Lauterb.; Aneilema platyphyllum Merr.; Aneilema scapiflorum (Roxb.) Kostel.; Aneilema scapiflorum (Roxb.) Wight ..; Aneilema serotinum D.Don ex C.B.Clarke; Aneilema tuberosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Commelina edulis Stokes; Commelina…
Mucuna monosperma Wight (syn. Carpopogon monospermum Roxb.; Mucuna anguina Wall.; Mucuna monosperma (Roxb.) DC.; Stizolobium monospermum (Wight) Kuntze; Stizolobium rugosum Moon); . commonly known as: elephant’s scratch wort, negro bean • Assamese: আলকুহী alakuhi • Gujarati: અડદવેલિયો adadaveliyo, કાગડોળિયો kagadoliyo • Kannada: ಅಣಿಪೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ anipe balli, ಕೈವಲ್ಯ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaivalya balli, ಕೂಗರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ koogari…
Morus alba var. indica (L.) Bur. (syn: Morus alba Bur.; Morus cashmeriana Royle; Morus cuspidata Wall.; Morus indica L.; Morus laciniata Noronha; Morus latifolia Poir.; Morus parvifolia Royle) as per Catalogue of Life; . Laos, Myanmar [Burma], Jammu & Kashmir, N-India, ?Sikkim, Pakistan, trop. Africa (introduced), Mauritius (introduced), Réunion (introduced)…
Keys as per efi thread : There are at least three other species cultivated in North India: M. macroura (syn: M. laevigata) with catkins longer than 5 cm, rest having catkins shorter than 5 cm with biserrate leaves having acuminate-caudate lobes in M. serrata, uniserrate leaves lobes not caudate in…
Moringa oleifera Lam., Encycl. 1: 398 1785. (Syn. Anoma moringa (L.) Lour.; Guilandinamoringa L.; Hyperanthera arborea J.F.Gmel.; Hyperanthera decandra Willd.; Hyperantheramoringa (L.) Vahl; Hyperanthera pterygosperma (Gaertn.) Oken; Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham.; Moringa edulis Medic.; Moringa erecta Salisb.; Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. (ambiguous synonym); Moringa moringa (L.) Small (ambiguous synonym); Moringa nux-eben Desf.;…
Moringa concanensis Nimmo, J. Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 43 . (syn: Moringa concanensis Nimmo ex Dalzell & Gibson (ambiguous synonym)); . Common name: Konkan Moringa • Hindi: जंगली सरगुआ Jangli sargua, सेंजन Senjana • Kannada: Nugge, Kaadu nugge • Malayalam: മുരിന്ഗാ Muringa • Marathi: मशींग Mashinga, रान शेवगा Ranshevaga •…
Morinda citrifolia L., Sp. Pl. 176 1753. (Syn: Morinda angustifolia Roth [Illegitimate]; Morinda aspera Wight & Arn.; Morinda chachuca Buch.-Ham.; Morinda citrifolia var. elliptica Hook.f.; Morinda citrifolia f. potteri (O.Deg.) H.St.John; Morinda citrifolia var. potteri O.Deg.; Morinda coreia var. stenophylla (Spreng.) Chandrab.; Morinda elliptica (Hook.f.) Ridl.; Morinda ligulata Blanco; Morinda littoralis Blanco;…
Morina longifolia Wall., Numer. List 426 426 1829.; . Himalayan whorlflower; . . Flora of Uttarakhand- Morina longifolia: Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). – It is Morina longifolia only. Spiny leaves and bracts are characteristic. Flora of…
Montanoa atriplicifolia (Pers.) Sch.Bip. Montanoa bipinnatifida (Kunth) K.Koch Montanoa grandiflora (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. (Images by Prashant Awale (Validation by J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Montanoa page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post…
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,…