• 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,…

  • Dendrobium aphyllum

    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

    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…