• Deutzia

    Deutzia corymbosa R.Br. ex G.Don (East Himalaya, Myanmar, West Himalaya as per POWO) (Keys as per efi thread: Calyx teeth acute in the key is confusing. However, they look entirely different from each other. Leaves are large in D. corymbosa with green lower surface (Grey in D. staminea). Inflorescence is…

  • Desmostachya

    Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (Sahara to Tanzania and Indo-China: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Central African Repu, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam,…

  • Desmodium velutinum

    Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. (Syn: Anarthrosyne cordata Klotzsch; Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.) DC.; Hedysarum deltoides Poir.; Hedysarum deltoideum Schum. & Thonn.; Hedysarum deltoideum Schumach. & Thonn.; Hedysarum deltoideum DC.; Hedysarum lasiocarpum P.Beauv.; Hedysarum latifolium Roxb.; Hedysarum velutinum Willd.; Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) C.Mueller; Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) Müll. Hal.;                                      Desmodium latifolium (Ker. Gawl.)…

  • Tadehagi triquetrum

    Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H.Ohashi (Syn: Desmodium triquetrum (L.) DC.; Desmodium triquetrum subsp. genuinum Prain; Desmodium triquetrum subsp. triquetrum ; Hedysarum triquetrum L.; Meibomia triquetra (L.) Kuntze; Pteroloma triquetrum (L.) Benth.; Tadehagi triquetrum subsp. triquetrum ); . ¿ Tadehagi ? — ¿ named for some Japanese personality ? try-KWET-rum — three-cornered ….

  • Desmodium triflorum

    Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. (Syn. Aeschynomene triflora Poir.; Desmodium albiflorum Cordem.; Desmodium bullamense G.Don; Desmodium caespitosum Bojer; Desmodium granulatum Walp.; Desmodium stipulaceum Burm.f.; Desmodium stipulaceum (Burm.f.) Hassk.; Desmodium triflorum var. adpressum Ohwi ……….; Hedysarum granulatum Schum. & Thonn.; Hedysarum granulatum Schum.; Hedysarum stipulaceum Burm.f.; Hedysarum triflorum L.; Hippocrepis humilis Blanco; Meibomia triflora…

  • Desmodium gangeticum

    Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. (syn.  Aeschynomene gangetica (L.) Poir.; Aeschynomene maculata (L.) Poir.; Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lev.; Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.) Baker; Desmodium gangeticum var. ramnagari Haines; Desmodium lanceolatum Walp.; Desmodium latifolium sensu Wight; Desmodium maculatum (L.) DC.; Desmodium natalitium Sond.; Desmodium polygonoides Baker; Hedysarum collinum Roxb.; Hedysarum gangeticum L.; Hedysarum…

  • Desmodium dichotomum

    Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC. (syn: Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.) Wight; Hedysarum articulatum Roxb.; Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.; Hedysarum diffusum Willd.; Hedysarum quinquangulatum Roxb.; Meibomia diffusa (Willd.) Kuntze); . des-MOH-dee-um — from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods dy-KAW-toh-mum — divided or forked in pairs . commonly known…

  • Derris scandens

    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

    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

    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…

  • Dentella

    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,…

  • Viscum species- Katraj – Sinhagad trek, in Pune, Maharashtra

      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 var. 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Dendrobium microbulbon A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 15: 19 1841. (syn: Callista microbulbon (A.Rich.) Kuntze; ); . S. India as per POWO; . 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…

  • Dendrobium crepidatum

    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,…