Derris scandens (Roxb.) Benth. (syn. Brachypterum scandens Benth.; Brachypterum timorense Benth.; Dalbergia scandens Roxb.; Dalbergia timoriensis DC.; Deguelia timoriensis (DC.) Taub.; Derris timoriensis (DC.) Pittier; Galedupa frutescens Blanco; Millettia litoralis Dunn; Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Wight); . DER-riss — leather covering; referring to the tough seed pods … Dave’s Botanary SKAN-dens…
Derris heyneana (Wight & Arn.) Benth. (Syn: Derris bakeri Thoth.; Derris heyneana var. paniculata Baker; Pongamia heyneana Wight & Arn.); . DER-riss — leather covering; referring to the tough seed pods hey-nee-AH-na — named for Dr B Heyne, German botanist and traveller . commonly known as: climbing derris, Heyne’s derris • Marathi:…
Derris canarensis (Dalzell) Baker Derris cuneifolia Benth. (Nepal to China (Guangdong, S. Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia, Sulawesi: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Derris heyneana (Wight & Arn.) Benth. Derris monticola (Kurz) Prain Derris ovalifolia (Wight & Arn.)Benth. (BSI Flora…
eFlora of Thailand (with keys): 1. Ovaries and fruits densely pilose (but mature fruits sometimes becoming glabrescent) a. var. repens 1. Ovaries and fruits glabrous b. var. serpyllifolia Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (SE. China to Tropical Asia and W. Pacific: Bangladesh, Caroline Is., China Southeast, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Nepal,…
Which are these plants?: Shot during Katraj – Sinhagad treak, in Pune. This could be some Viscum sp. (Family: Viscaceae). Viscum sp for sure but not sure of the species unless a closeup! I have never seen Viscum so dense. Phoredendron sp can be the choice. Perhaps Dendrophthoe falcata…
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 32: 52 1872. (Syn. Dendrophthoe bicolor (Roxb.) Mart.; Dendrophthoe cordifolia (Wall.) Mart.; Dendrophthoe discolor Barlow; Dendrophthoe falcata var. amplexifolia (DC.) Rajasek.; Dendrophthoe falcata var. pubescens (Hook.f.) V.Chandras.; Dendrophthoe indica (Desr.) Miq.; Dendrophthoe koenigiana (C.Agardh ex Schult.f.) Blume; Dendrophthoe longiflora (Desr.)…
LORANTHACEAE: (Reported in India: 8 genera, 56 species; represented in eFI: 8 genera, 31 species, including 1 species from outside India as on 13.7.20- compiled by Dr. D. S. Rawat) Dendrophthoe: falcata, var. amplexifolia, var. coccinea, var. pubescens, gamblei, glabrescens, memecylifolia, neelgherrensis, pentandra Elytranthe: albida, pseudopsilantha, Helicanthes: elastica Helixanthera: coccinea, hookeriana,…
Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl. (syn. Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Desmodium paleaceum sensu auct.; Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr.; Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Santapau; Hedysarum cephalotes Roxb.; Hedysarum triangulare Retz.); . den-droh-LOH-bee-um — Greek: dendron (tree, wood), lobos (pod, capsule) … Dave’s Botanary … woody pods try-an-gew-LAIR-ee — triangular … Dave’s…
Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl. Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth. . As per efi thread : According to Dr. Almeida’s ‘Flora of Maharashtra’, the pods of D. triangulare are 2 – 2.5 cms. long, slightly curved, indented on both sutures, more deeply on the lower one, joints 3 – 6,…
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees & Arn. ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 151 1868. (syn: Bambusa monogynia Griff. [Invalid]; Dendrocalamus edulis Munro [Invalid]; Dendrocalamus maximus Kuntze [Invalid]; Sinocalamus hamiltonii (Nees & Arn. ex Munro) T.Q.Nguyen); . Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar,…
Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro (India (West Bengal) to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Comoros, Ecuador, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam as per POWO) Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees & Arn. ex Munro (Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam,…
Dendrobium microbulbon A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 15: 19 1841. (syn: Callista microbulbon (A.Rich.) Kuntze; ); . den-DROH-bee-um — from the Greek, dendron (tree) and bios (life); tree of life … Dave’s Botanary ¿ my-kro-BULB-on ? — from the Greek mikros (small), bulbos (bulb) … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: tiny dendrobium • Marathi: जांभळी दांडेअमरी jambhli dande amri . Endemic to: India’s…
Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 1: 63 1850. (Syn: Callista crepidata (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze; Callista lawiana (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium actinomorphum Blatt. & Hallb.; …; Dendrochilum roseum Dalzell); . Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos,…
Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1416 (1928). Synonyms Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795). Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6:73 (1799). Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810). Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl….
Delphinium malabaricum (Huth) Munz, J. Arnold Arbor. 49: 106 1968. (syn. Delphinium dasycaulon var. malabaricum Huth; Delphinium malabaricum var. ghaticum Billore); . SW. India as per POWO; . India (Maharashtra) as per CoL; . del-FIN-ee-um — from the word for dolphin – referring to the shape of the nectary … Dave’s…
Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. (Syn. Delonix regia var. flavida Stehle; Delonix regia var. genuina Stehlé; Delonix regia var. genuina Stehle; Poinciana regia Bojer; Poinciana regia Hook.); . Images by Bhagyashri Ranade, Raman and tspkumar . commonly known as: flamboyant tree, mayflower, peacock flower, royal poinciana • Bengali: গুলমোহর gulmohar • Gujarati:…
Delonix elata (L.) Gamble (Syn. Poinciana elata L.); Images by Ajinkya Gadave, Raman, Padmini Raghavan and tspkumar Safed Gulmohar, Creamy Peacock Flower, White Gul Mohur, Yellow Gul-Mohur; Vatham-Nairaini or Vatham-Rasi (Tamil); ID confirmation MS270311 -19 – Birds on Delonix elata: I am posting…
Deccania pubescens var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Tirveng. (S. India as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Deccania pubescens (Roth) Tirveng. var. pubescens (Karnataka) var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Tirveng. (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) . Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: Deccania pubescens Randia candolleana (syn….
Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179 1753. (Syn: Datura bernhardii Lundstr., Datura bertolonii Parl. ex Guss., Datura cabanesii P.Fourn., Datura capensis Bernh., Datura ferocissima Cabanès & P.Fourn., Datura ferox Nees, Datura hybrida Ten., Datura inermis Juss. ex Jacq., Datura laevis L.f., Datura loricata Sieber ex Bernh., Datura lurida Salisb., Datura microcarpa Godr., Datura muricata Godr., Datura parviflora Salisb., Datura praecox Godr., Datura pseudostramonium Sieber ex Bernh.,…
Flowers offered to Shiv ji: During recent visit to Chhattisgarh forest I took this picture. Hibiscus and Datura flowers with Marigold were offered to Shiv ji. I was told that Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is Devi Phool offered to The Goddess only not to Shiv ji. But there is difference in…