• Prunus prostrata (Introduced)

    Prunus prostrata Labill., Icon. Pl. Syr. 1: 15 (1791) (syn: Amygdalus prostrata (Labill.) Sweet ; Cerasus griseola Pachom.; Cerasus humilis Moris ; Cerasus prostrata (Labill.) Loisel. ; Cerasus prostrata var. angustifolia Spach ; Cerasus prostrata var. concolor Buhse & Boiss. ; Cerasus prostrata var. discolor Raulin ; Cerasus prostrata var. glabrifolia (Moris) Browicz ; Cerasus prostrata var. latifolia Spach ; Hagidryas prostrata (Labill.) Griseb.; Microcerasus prostrata (Labill.) M.Roem.; Microcerasus prostrata f. griseola (Pachom.) Eremin & Juschev ; Prunus humilis (Moris)…

  • How to find ‘Genus’

    Genus: Is there any means that the genus name comes at the beginning while browsing the species in our database efi? Not on searching. But if you click on family link at home page, than it is possible. Not easy like the earlier arrangement! Yes some pros and some cons Yes,…

  • Sanguisorba diandra

    Sanguisorba diandra (Hook. fil.) Wall. ex Hoedb., Opera Bot. 11: 60 (1966) (syn: Poterium diandrum Hook.f.;  Sanguisorba decandra Benth. & Hook.f.; Sanguisorba dissita T.T.Yu & C.L.Li ); . Himalaya to Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Himalayan Burnet . related to Sanguisorba diandra: 6 high res. images….

  • Potentilla species- Solang near Manali, Himachal Pradesh

    HP, August 2022 :: Yellow flower for ID :: ARK2022-190: 3 high res. images. This was at Solang near Manali, Himachal Pradesh in August 2022. Requested to please ID Most of the Potentilla flowers look alike. As such, habitat, leaf, stem and other images of the plant are essential for…

  • Phellodendron amurense (Japan)

    Phellodendron amurense Rupr., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 353 (1857) (syn: Phellodendron amurense f. insulare (Nakai) H.S.Kim ; Phellodendron amurense var. lavallei (Dode) Sprague ; Phellodendron amurense var. molle (Nakai) S.H.Li & S.Z.Liou ; Phellodendron amurense f. molle (Nakai) Y.C.Zhu; Phellodendron amurense var. sachalinense F.Schmidt ; Phellodendron amurense var. suberosum (H.Hara) H.Hara ; Phellodendron amurense f. suberosum (H.Hara) H.Hara ; Phellodendron insulare Nakai ; Phellodendron japonicum Maxim. ; Phellodendron kodamanum Makino…

  • Eria species- Hmuifang, Mizoram

    MS,Nov.,2022/02 Bulbophyllum sp. for id.: 3 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1450 m. Date : 02-11-2022 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild This is an Eria. Not easy to confirm without flowers.

  • Wollemia nobilis (Introduced- Japan)

    Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen, Telopea 6: 174 (1995); . New South Wales (Benjang Gap) as per POWO; . Wollemia nobilis: 3 images- 1 very high res. Sharing the signage separately at Tsukuba botanical garden From botanical gardens in Japan       . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life…

  • Fissistigma verrucosum

    Fissistigma verrucosum (Hook. f. & Thomson) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 137 (1919) (syn: Melodorum verrucosum Hook.f. & Thomson); / Assam to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO; . A large woody climber. Stem lenticelled, branchlets and shoots rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, lanceolate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, 9.5-14 x 2.5-5 cm across,…

  • Canarium euphyllum

    Canarium euphyllum Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 295 (1872) ; . Bangladesh to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand as per POWO; . Sharing images of Canarium euphyllum Kurz (Burseraceae): 3 images. Canarium euphyllum Kurz (Burseraceae) is distributed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Bangladesh,…

  • Litsea doshia

    Litsea doshia (D. Don) Kosterm., J. Sci. Res. (Jakarta) 1: 90 (1952) (syn: Litsea oblonga Wall. ex Hook.f. ; Litsea oblonga var. microphylla Nees ; Malapoenna doshia Kuntze ; Tomex doshia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Tetranthera doshia D.Don ;Tetranthera oblonga Wall. ex Nees); . Nepal as per POWO; . SK1992 11 June 2019 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments…

  • Sonerila nayariana

    Sonerila nayariana Murug. & V. Balas., Taprobanica 3(2): 93 (2011); . S. India as per POWO; . 378 ID wild plant Sonerila: 12 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 21SEP2022, 02.20pm Habitat: wild moisture, rocky misty hill, wind,…

  • Tricholepis karensium

    Tricholepis karensium Kurz,  J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 318 (1872); . W. Himalaya, China (Yunnan) to N. Ind-China: China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Tricholepis karensium Kurz submission AS25 October 22: 9 high res. images. Here I am sharing first photographic record…

  • Nepeta discolor

    Nepeta discolor Royle ex Benth., Bot. Misc. 3: 378 (1833) (syn: Nepeta discolor var. kargilica Reshi; Nepeta sabinei J.A.Schmidt); . NE. Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Benth, in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lab. 470, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; rootstock elongate, stems weak ascending…

  • Sterculia apetala (Introduced)

    Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) Karst., Fl. Columb. 2: 35 (1862) (syn: Clompanus apetala (Jacq.) Kuntze, Helicteres apetala Jacq., Sterculia carthaginensis Cav.); . Florida to S. Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles…

  • Flemingia fruticulosa

    Flemingia fruticulosa Wall. ex Benth., F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 245 (1852) (syn: Flemingia strobilifera var. fruticulosa (Wall. ex Benth.) Baker, Maughania fruticulosa (Wall. ex Benth.) Mukerjee); . Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Trailing Wild Hops . Flemingia fruticulosa Wall. ex Benth. submission…

  • Synotis lushaensis

    Synotis lushaensis (C. E. C. Fisher) C. Jeffrey & Y. L. Chen, Kew Bull. 39: 288 (1984) (syn: Senecio lushaiensis C.E.C.Fisch.); . Assam (Mizoram) as per POWO; . MS March, 2020/02 Senecio sp. for ID : 15 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,450 m….

  • Oxytropis microphylla ?

    Ladakh, August 2022 :: Oxytropis microphylla for validation :: ARK2022-159: 5 high res. images. This was at a small meadow just before Pangong tso. I think this is Oxytropis microphylla. Marmots were in abundance here and it was a ‘masst spot’ ‘for a ‘must stop’ en route Pangong tso. Requested to…

  • Beware of phishing messages/ sites

    Beware of phishing messages/ sites: Beware of phishing messages/ sites as they may be trying to steal your money. Somehow they are able to direct some efloraofindia links to their phishing sites, where they will try to get your personal information with the intention of stealing your money online. If any…

  • Epilobium species- Ganderbal, Kashmir

    Epilobium parviflorum: 3 images. Location: Ganderbal Kashmir India I think habit image is required for proper id. I will try to get more photographs soon..