• Karnataka- Tree at Kali Tiger Reserve, Uttara Kannada

    Plant ID request – please ignore previous message: 1 high res. image. I had posted the previous email before reading the guidelines for posting. I apologise for that. Please ignore the previous mail sent by me. Also, this is the only photo I have of this species. I apologise for…

  • Strobilanthes species- Meenmutty falls, Waynaad, Kerala

    Wayanad flora #8 | IdReq 21Mar2011AR03: Date/Time-9 Jan 2011 03:52 PM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Meenmutty falls, Waynaad, Kerala Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Wild, Western ghats, Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub, Forest path Height/Length-approx – 5 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape – Elliptical, Margin -toothed, 6-7cms…

  • Benkara griffithii

    Benkara griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridsdale, Reinwardtia 12: 299 (2008) (syn: Fagerlindia griffithii (Hook.f.) Deb & M.Gangop. ; Oxyceros griffithii (Hook.f.) W.C.Chen ; Randia griffithii Hook.f. ; Tarenna borii C.E.C.Fisch. ); . E. Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Yellow Benkara • Mizo: Dieng-soh-ladung . Small tree from…

  • Riccia species- Thotlakonda hill region of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

    Identify the bryophytes: 4 high res. images. Riccia ? Collected from Thotlakonda hill region of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Riccia sp. It looks like R. billardieri from the position of the sporogonia, but photographs of the spores are required for a correct identification. Both the images belong to same species of…

  • Psychotria species- Vattavada, Munnar, Idukki, Kerala

    676 ID wild plant: 11 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: Vattavada Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 6600fsl Flower date: 06DEC2024, 05.10pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen sloppy misty canopied shola highland  Plant habit: medium erect branched shrub, hard cylindrical stem 15mm base diameter, perennial Height: 06 feet Leaves:…

  • Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’25

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’25: more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,78,300 messages so far & membership currently around 3545 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Lasiococca

    Lasiococca comberi Haines (E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: China South-Central, Hainan, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)        

  • Lasiococca comberi

    Lasiococca comberi Haines, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 70 (1920) (syn: Euonymus auriculatus (Haines) Craib ; Homonoia comberi (Haines) Merr.; Homonoia pseudoverticillata (Merr.) Merr. ; Lasiococca comberi var. pseudoverticillata (Merr.) H.S.Kiu ; Mallotus pseudoverticillatus Merr. ); . E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: China South-Central, Hainan, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Euphorbiaceae:…

  • Hippeastrum hybrids- Delhi

    Hippeastrum ‘Clown’ from Delhi-GS28062025-2: 2 high res. images. Hippeastrum ‘Clown’ a hybrid cultivar with white tepals with maroon vertical stripes/margins, photographed from Delhi. Images on websites and Google search show broad petals. Maybe some other cultivar?  

  • Strychnos species?- Shimoga, Karnataka

    ID Help requested: 3 high res. images. Please help with the identification of this plant. Location: Shimoga, Karnataka Date: May 15, 2023 Elevation:  646 m  Habitat : slightly disturbed forest It seems to be a Strychnos species. Preferably woody climbers. Please check with Strychnos nux-vomica of Loganiaceae. Or Flacourtia montana of the family Salicaceae….

  • Agapetes species?- Sohra, Meghalaya

    ID please, from Sohra, Meghalaya: 1 high res. image. Not able to post more than 2 images because of Size I think Appears to be https://efloraofindia.com/efi/agapetes/

  • Begonia nyishiorum

    Begonia nyishiorum A. Shenoy, A. K. Soni & Ab. Kumar, June 2025, Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 33:83-88; . Begonia nyishiorum A. Shenoy, A. K. Soni & Ab. Kumar – A new species from Arunachal Pradesh: I am pleased to share with you the publication of our newly described…

  • Eucalyptus species- Sakur, Jawhar, Plaghar, Maharashtra

    Please identify this Eucalyptus sp.: 2 images. Please help me identify this Eucalyptus sp. Location: Sakur, Jawhar, Plaghar, Maharashtra Habitat: Farm bund plantation (agricultural land) I don’t have the photos of the flowering and fruiting stage. Very difficult to identify to species level without flowers and fruits.

  • Portulaca bharat

    Portulaca bharat AMBER SRIVASTAVA NISHANT CHAUHAN SUDHANSHU SHEKHAR DASH SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, Phytotaxa Vol. 705 No. 2: 13 Jun. 2025; . Congratulations Amber Srivastava et al. for publishing a new species Portulaca Bharat: Congratulations to Amber Srivastava, Nishant Chauhan, Sudhanshu Shekhar Dash and Sushil Kumar Singh for publishing a new…

  • Meghalaya- herb in Sohra

    ID please.. called Tdong Masi in Sohra, Meghalaya: 1 high res. image. Very difficult to identify in such vegetative stage. Cynoglossum. Can not say. AI view in the google search says: “The botanical name for the herb known as Tdon Masi or Jatamansi is Nardostachys jatamansi, according to various botanical and medicinal resources.” But…

  • eFloraofIndia completes 18 years on 17.6.25

    eFloraofIndia completes 18 years on 17.6.25: It is a pleasure to inform you that eFloraofIndia has already completed 18 years on 17.6.25. We had some difficult and anxious times when the site became slow and we had to upgrade the theme of the site. This also created many other issues which were finally resolved. Ms….

  • Wild Food Walk – Bangalore Edition

    Wild Food Walk – Bangalore Edition: I am happy to invite you to yet another wild food walk happening next Sunday in Bangalore. Take this small step to reconnect with nature, and discover stories of urban wild edible flora growing in your icity This walk is for you if you are…

  • West Bengal- plant at Kalyani University (?)

    Please Identify the plant species: 1 correct high res. image as above. I am … a Research Dcholar in the botany department of Kalyani University, I wanted to know about the plant species Symphyotrichum patens — late purple American-aster New York Aster is grown as an ornamental plant in India,…

  • Operculina petaloidea

    Operculina petaloidea (Choisy) Ooststr., Blumea 3: 369 (1939) (syn: Convolvulus crispatulus Wall. ; Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy ; Ipomoea petaloidea var. pauciflora C.B.Clarke ; Ipomoea xanthantha Kurz ; Merremia crispatula Prain ; Merremia petaloidea (Choisy) Burkill; Operculina petaloidea var. pauciflora (C.B.Clarke) Parmar); . N. & Central India to Indo-China: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . 140625PKD1: Id…

  • Liparis mannii

    Liparis mannii Rchb.f., Flora 55: 275 (1872) (syn: Cestichis mannii (Rchb.f.) T.C.Hsu ; Leptorkis mannii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Leptorkis tenuifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis tenuifolia Hook.f.; Stichorkis mannii (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak ; Stichorkis tenuifolia (Hook.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak ); . E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East…