• Eremurus species- video

    Swamy /2023/ 106 – plant ID: 1 video Please ID this plant in the video. Sent by a friend for ID. The plant is Eremurus spectabilis http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr06/bj-FoxtailLily.html Please read the plant name  as Eremurus spectabilis. Common name: Foxtail lily. Also check: https://efloraofindia.com/2013/09/14/eremurus-stenophyllus/ Where was it recorded? This was sent to me…

  • Kerala- climber from Kannur

    ID Kannur 01/22/2/23: 3 images. Please identify this climber. Leaves alternate, arise in clusters usually on one side of node. Looks like Fibraurea sp. as per some morphology. No flowers yet. Apocynaceae?? Menispermaceae sir….. Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik. ?? I do not think leaf venations match. Another few shots of…

  • Inni patti

    please help me get these names 4: 1 image. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got…

  • Pyrenaria diospyricarpa var. camelliiflora

    Pyrenaria diospyricarpa var. camelliiflora (Kurz) S. X. Yang, Novon 15: 379 (2005) (syn: Pyrenaria camelliiflora Kurz); . Assam (Nagaland) to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah): Assam, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; .   MS, Feb.,2023/08 Tree for id.: 3 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 23-02-2023 Habit :…

  • Cissus species- Trivandrum district of Kerala

    ID KZD 08/20/2/23: 1 high res. image. Please identify this climber near a water body from Trivandrum district of Kerala. It is a zoomed photo hence clarity is not good enough. May be from Vitaceae: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/05/vitaceae/ But can not see any details for id. Maybe some Cissus species. Pl. check: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/15/cissus/

  • Coleonema pulchrum (Introduced- USA)

    Coleonema pulchrum Hook., Bot. Mag. 61: t. 3340 (1834) (syn: Diosma angustifolia Hook.); . Cape Prov. (Montagu District) as per POWO; . Coleonema pulcherum from California-GS28022023-2: Coleonema pulcherum a low shrub with profuse flowering photographed from Fremont California. Please take this as Coleonema pulchrum Hook. . Coleonema pulchellum ‘Sunset Gold’ from California-GS30042025-1: 4…

  • Launaea species- Ooty town, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

    Taraxacum species for confirmation 290412MK01: Please help to identify this herb. Is this Taraxacum officinale? the peduncle is longer (2.5 feet) here. The head inflorescence measures c. 5cm across. Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris Date: 14 Sep 2011 Altitude: 2100 m ASL Taraxacum does have an leafy branched stem. There is…

  • Liliaceae member?- Kozhikode district of Kerala

    ID KZD 06/14/2/23: 1 image. Please identify this herb from Kozhikode district of Kerala. 14/2/23 Some Liliaceae ?? Can you send the image of an open flower, habitat leaf ? Any other images? No, I don’t have at present. Once again l will go to field and get it. Can…

  • Cheirostylis griffithii

    Cheirostylis griffithii Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 188 (1857) (syn: Cheirostylis macrantha Schltr.); . Himalaya to China (C. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Griffith’s Velvet Orchid . MS, Feb.,2023/10 Orchidaceae for id.: 1 image. Location…

  • Requesting for Two articles of JETB publication

    Requesting for Two articles of JETB publication: I am requesting you kindly send me two pdf copies of JETB journal that will be your most Kindness. I am attaching a direct link of two papers which I need most. https://eurekamag.com/research/017/182/017182420.php https://eurekamag.com/research/016/427/016427034.php Being old papers, you should directly contact the authors…

  • Lindera neesiana ?

    Lauraceae?: (Mixed thread): 2 correct images as above. Local Adi in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh call this ‘combo’, an edible fruit, with a citrus-like taste. Another (possibly related) fruit is ‘harpu’. The last 4 pictures (no fruit) is the ‘harpu’. Does anyone have an ID on this maybe?…

  • Jacobaea species?- Maihar, Madhya Pradesh

      Flora of Madhya Pradesh: 03022012-BS-3 Asteraceae Herb for id from Maihar Near Shardaa Maa Temple Area: Asteraceae Herb for id from Maihar Near Shardaa Maa Temple Area looks as escape of a Garden plant, however growing wild there Flowers about 6-8 cm Arctotis hybrid ?? I think it is…

  • Buddleja paniculata

    Buddleja paniculata Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 412 (1820) (syn: Buddleja acutifolia C.H.Whight ; Buddleja gynandra C.Marquand ; Buddleja lavandulacea Kraenzl. ; Buddleja mairei H.Lév.); . Nepal to S. China and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Panicled Butterfly Bush • Nepali: भिमसेन पाती Bhimasen…

  • Eulophia species- corms

    please help me get these names 2: 2 images. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got…

  • Brassaiopsis mitis

    Brassaiopsis mitis C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2: 736 (1879) (syn: Euaraliopsis mitis (C.B.Clarke) N.P.Balakr.; Pseudobrassaiopsis mitis (C.B.Clarke) R.N.Banerjee); . Nepal to Sikkim: East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO; . Tree to 6m, spiny on main stem. Leaves palmately 7-12-lobesd, suborbicular in outline, to 60x60cm, lobes divided 2/3 to base, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, margin…

  • Bulbophyllum crabro

    Bulbophyllum crabro (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166: 106 (2014) (syn: Epicranthes barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Monomeria barbata Lindl.; Monomeria crabro C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.); . Nepal to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common…

  • Bulbophyllum Kalimpong (ornatissimum x guttulatum)

    Bulbophyllum Kalimpong (ornatissimum x guttulatum): Location: BSI, Gangtok, West Bengal, India Date: 05 January 2023 Elevation: 1700 m. Habitat: Cultivated Pl. post Jpg images. 3 high res. jpeg images.  

  • Eriolaena species- On trek to Matheran, Maharashtra

    Id for this tree on Matheran Trek: (Mixed thread): On trek to Matheran (around 2500 ft.), Maharashtra on 4.2.23. Appears to be from Malvaceae. The attached images may also be from the same species. 3 high res. images. the petioles here seem longer and the leaves are more cordate. Have…

  • Helicia excelsa

    Helicia excelsa (Roxb.) Bl., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 1: 219 (1834) (syn: Alseodaphne crassipes Hook.f. ; Helicia oblanceolata Merr. ; Helicia salicifolia C.Presl; Roupala excelsa Roxb.); . Assam to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS, Feb.,2023/07 Helicia sp….

  • Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis

    Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit., Phytotaxa 161: 67 (2014) (syn: Ornithochilus yingjiangensis Z.H.Tsi); . China (SW. Yunnan) as per POWO; . MS, Feb.,2023/ Orchid for id.: 1 high res. image. Location : Murlen, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,500 m Date : 02-09-2022 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild Photo : Sāwma…