• Calamus species- Hmuifang, Mizoram

    MS,Jan.,2023/11 Calamus sp. for id.: 5 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 11-01-2023 Habit : Climbing cane Habitat : Wild Looks like some species of rattan Calamus gracilis ? Can not say about your guess as Calamus gracilis, as it is a very specialised area….

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  • Eustigma lenticellatum

    Eustigma lenticellatum C. Y. Wu, Fl. Yunnanica 1: 130 (1977) (syn: Eustigma stellatum K.M.Feng ex C.Y.Wu; Sycopsis griffithiana Oliv.); . Assam to China (SE. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central as per POWO; . Common name: Warty Eustigma • Mizo: Pi-chili-mim .     . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF  specimen  BSI Flora of India (High resolution…

  • Rotala biglandulosa

    Rotala biglandulosa Arun Prasanth R. & Milind M. Sardesai, September 2022 Folia Geobotanica 57(3); . Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 – 1202 :: Rotala densiflora: Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl … one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India 28…

  • Convulvulus species- Ahmedabad

    For ID – 21/01/2023 DS 3: 1 image. I need help with the Ipomea’s – on how best to study them for ID. I found this one close to home, Ahmedabad, and those pointy leaves with the wavy edges seem to be very different or do young leaves look like…

  • Henckelia arupii

    Henckelia arupii Momang Taram and Hui Tag, January 2023 Feddes Repertorium; . . References: arunachalobserver Henckelia arupii (Gesneriaceae): A new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India, January 2023 Feddes Repertorium- Momang Taram and Hui Tag (Abstract: Henckelia arupii, a new species discovered from Arunachal Pradesh, India, is described and illustrated. The…

  • Crotalaria dubia

    Crotalaria dubia Graham ex Benth., London J. Bot. 2: 568 (1843) ; . India to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Bangladesh, China South-Central, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS, Dec., 2022/03 Herb for id.: 2 images. Location : Tamdil, Mizoram Altitude : ca.730 m. Date : 29-12-2022 Habit…

  • Xantolis hookeri

    Xantolis hookeri (C.B.Clarke) P.Royen, Blumea 8: 214 (1957) (syn: Planchonella hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Pierre ; Pouteria hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Baehni ; Sideroxylon hookeri C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker; Sideroxylon hookeri var. mekongensis Lecomte); . E. Himalaya, Laos as per POWO; . MS,Jan.,2023/14 Xantolis sp. ? for id.: 1 image. Location : Reiek, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 16-01-2023 Habit : Tree…

  • Hamamalidaceae member- Hmuifang, Mizoram

    MS,Jan.,2023/05 Tree for id: 1 image. Location ,: Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,440 m. Date : 11-01-2023 Habit : Large evergreen tree Habitat : Wild Any clue? Any other images? The tree bears two different fruits somewhat like ear or tongue and testicle of cow. Wood red, used for…

  • Flemingia bracteata

    Flemingia bracteata (Roxb.) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 268 (1839) (syn: Flemingia strobilifera var. bracteata (Roxb.) Baker ; Hedysarum bracteatum Roxb. ; Maughania bracteata (Roxb.) H.L.Li ); . Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan, Guangdong) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;…

  • Desmodium species- Todaraisingh, Tonk, Rajasthan

    Please ID Desmodium ?: 1 image. Desmodium ? Location:  Todaraisingh, Tonk, Rajasthan Altitude:  216.4 m Flower date:  22.9.2019 Habitat:  Hilly Plant habit:  Herb Host tree:  Height:  15 CM Leaves:  Tri pinnet  Flower:  pale pink Fruit:  pods Seed: eleptical flate Camera: NIKON D 90 Please post habitat, leaf, stem , close…

  • Zanonia indica subsp. indica

    Zanonia indica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1292 (1759); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Woody dioecious, perennial climbers; tendrils simple or bifid, elongate. Leaves 8-22 x 4-12 cm, ovate-oblong, base rounded, apex acute, subcoriaceous, trinerved; petiole 4-11 cm long. Flowers small, males arranged in lax pendulous…

  • Flemingia macrophylla ?

    Flemingia sp? at Kudremukh-PKA3: 5 images. Seen this herb enroute Kudremukh peak. Looks like some Flemingia sp. Kindly see the enclosed pics for ID. Please check Flemingia wallichii Wight & Arn. Why not https://efloraofindia.com/efi/flemingia-macrophylla/? For me it looks as suggested. https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=5133&cat=13 What difference do you see, …, from these images? . a…

  • Papaver macrostomum ?

    Identification needed for this plant: 1 image. Location Rajouri j and k Family:- Papaveraceae It may be Papaver sp. Pl. post a side view of the flower and show the leaves also, for I’d. I concur with … For exact ID of the species the photos suggested  by … are…

  • Brassica species- Rajouri, J and K

    Brassica campestris: 2 high res. images. Location: Rajouri jandk Leaves will confirm. Now considered a synonym of B. rapa Pl. see comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/11/brassica/ I am not sure if it is possible to confirm the species with these images.  

  • Argyroxiphium sandwicense (USA)

    Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC., Prodr. 5: 668 (1836) (syn: Argyrophyton douglasii Hook.); . Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii) as per POWO; . Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense, a highly Endangered Endemic species of Hawaiian Islands-GS13012023-1: 2 high res. images. Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense, a highly Endangered  Endemic species of Hawaiian Islands, clicked by my Son on a…

  • Nonea

    Nonea edgeworthii A. DC. (Pakistan to W. Himalaya and Central India: India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)     Nonea edgeworthii or a new species ?      

  • Anchusa ovata

    Anchusa ovata Lehm., Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 222 (1818) (syn: Anchusa arvensis subsp. orientalis (L.) Nordh. ; Anchusa orientalis (L.) Rchb.f. ; Anchusa tinctoria Sieber ex Steud. ; Lycopsis arvensis subsp. orientalis (L.) Kuntze ; Lycopsis erecta d’Urv. ; Lycopsis micrantha Ledeb. ; Lycopsis orientalis L. ; Lycopsis taurica Steven ); > SE. Europe to Ethiopia and Mongolia: Afghanistan, Altay, Bulgaria, China North-Central,…

  • Android app for Valley of Flowers

    Android app for Valley of Flowers: An Android app for identifying the flowers found in the Valley of Flowers and enroute. The app can be used offline, in the field, and does not need an internet connection. It is based on the images and information available on www.flowersofindia.net https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.flowersofindia.valleyofflowers&pli=1 Developed by Suvrajyoti Chatterjee for FOI….

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Dec.’22

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Dec.’22: 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 4,39,300 messages so far & membership currently at 3399 nos….