Drypetes venusta

Drypetes venusta (Wight) Pax & K.Hoffm., H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 268 (1922) (syn: Astylis venusta Wight ; Drypetes elata (Bedd.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Hemicyclia elata Bedd. ; Hemicyclia venusta (Wight) Thwaites); . SW. India as per POWO; . Deciduous trees, to 30 m high, bole fluted, bark greyish-white, smooth, thin; branchlets 1-5 mm thick, slender, drooping, glabrous. Leaves […]

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Anacolosa

Anacolosa densiflora Bedd (SW. India as per POWO)                    

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Strombosia ceylanica

Strombosia ceylanica Gardn., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 350 (1846) (syn: Anacolosa maingayi Mast. ; Lavallea ceylanica (Gardner) Baill.; Strombosia ceylanica var. lucida Hochr. ; Strombosia ceylanica var. membranacea (Blume) Hochr. ; Strombosia ceylanica var. sessilis Hochr. ; Strombosia latifolia Stapf ; Strombosia leprosa (Dalzell) Talbot ; Strombosia lucida Teijsm. & Binn. ; Strombosia maingayi (Mast.) Whitmore ; Strombosia membranacea (Blume) Valeton ; Strombosia multiflora King ; Strombosia rapaneoides S.Moore ; Strombosia rotundifolia King ; Sphaerocarya […]

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Anacolosa densiflora

Endangered as per Wikipedia . Anacolosa densiflora Bedd, Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 38 (1864) ; . SW. India as per POWO; . Lofty trees, to 25 m high, bole straight; bark 12-14 mm thick, mottled with yellow brown and white, smooth; blaze pink. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, stout, grooved above, […]

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Arachniodes

Arachniodes amabilis (Blume) Tindale ? (Japan to Tropical Asia: India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Vietnam as per POWO)     

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Arachniodes amabilis ?

Arachniodes amabilis (Blume) Tindale, Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 90 (1961) (syn: Lastrea amabilis (Blume) T.Moore ; Aspidium amabile Blume ; Byrsopteris amabilis (Blume) C.V.Morton ; Dryopteris amabilis (Blume) Kuntze ; Nephrodium amabile (Blume) Hand.-Mazz. ; Polystichopsis amabilis (Blume) Tagawa ; Polystichum amabile (Blume) J.Sm. ; Rumohra amabilis (Blume) Ching ); . Japan to Tropical Asia: India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser […]

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Capparis spinosa

Capparis spinosa L., Sp. Pl.: 503 (1753); . Medit. to Mongolia and Indian Subcontinent, Philippines to W. & S. Pacific: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Caroline Is., Chad, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Fiji, France, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Marianas, Marshall […]

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Argyreia species- Gajapati, Odisha

PKD251224: Regarding identification of the species collected from Gajapati Odisha on December 23: 3 high res. images. Posting gain as many posts clubbed together in a single thread from … due to same subject. Tried looking for it in Solanaceae, but could not find a match Argyeria pilosa – wild climber to me it does not look […]

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Cynanchum viminale subsp. viminale

Cynanchum viminale (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 2: 392 (1771) (syn: Apocynum viminale Bassi ex Schult. ; Asclepias acida Roxb. ; Asclepias aphylla Roxb. ex Wight ; Cynanchum acidum (Roxb.) Oken ; Decanemopsis aphylla Costantin & Gallaud ; Sarcostemma acidum (Roxb.) Voigt ; Sarcostemma brevistigma Wight & Arn. ; Sarcostemma madagascariense Desc. ; Euphorbia pendula (Haw.) Sweet ; Tithymalus pendulus Haw.); . SE. Kenya to NE. Tanzania, […]

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Crotalaria species- Gajapati, Odisha

Crotalaria: Regarding identification of the species collected from Gajapati Odisha on December 23: Posting, from …, again as clubbed with many posts due to the same subject. Could not find a match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/20/crotalaria/ Also details are not very clear.  

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Euonymus theifolius

Euonymus theifolius Wall., Fl. Brit. India 1: 612 (1875) (syn: Euonymus paravagans Z.M.Gu & C.Y.Cheng; Pragmotessara theifolia (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Pierre); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 2792 19 October 2020 : 16 posts by 3 authors. 7 images- 2 to […]

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Tetrastigma species- Khurda, Odisha

Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on Jan 24: 5 high res. images. Appears to be from Vitaceae. I guess you are right Appears to be some Tetrastigma species: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/01/tetrastigma/ What are the species listed in your area?  

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Fuchsia regia (Introduced)

Fuchsia regia (Vand. ex Vell.) Munz, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 13 (1943) ; . E. Brazil as per POWO; . 520 ID climber: 12 high res. images. Please ID climber, Location: bloomed at Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 3000fsl Flower date: 07JAN2023, 05.45pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine  Plant […]

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Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Dec.’23

Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Dec.’23: 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 4,60,100 messages so far & membership currently more than 3475 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is […]

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Impatiens arunensis

Impatiens arunensis Grey-Wilson, Kew Bull. 44: 65 (1989) as per efi thread; . Impatiens arunensis Grey-Wilson: 9 very high res. images. Location: Rara, Nepal Altitude:  2957m. Date: 20 August 2021  Habit : Wild  Wow!!! Anybody validated? 1 book image Yes, … Appears close as per book images attached by you. POWO gives it as a syn. of Impatiens bicornuta Wall. […]

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Gomphostemma mastersii

Gomphostemma mastersii Benth. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 699 (1885) (syn: Gomphostemma furfuraceum Hallier f. ; Gomphostemma parvum Merr.); . Assam to NE. Bangladesh, Peninsula Thailand, N. Sumatera: Assam, Bangladesh, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO; . MS, Dec.,2023/02 Herb for id: 2 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 19-12-2023 Habit : […]

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Acacia colei ?

E21122023EPTE96: Presenting for ID — Is it Acacia ? Taken on 25/12/2023 Location: Sengarai, Tamilnadu Elevation: 41 mts Habitat: Forest Habit: Tree I guess the ID is correct ! Fruit will help in id. It can be https://efloraofindia.com/2015/06/29/acacia-colei/ or https://efloraofindia.com/2011/01/31/acacia-auriculiformis/ or some other similar introduced species. it is different from Acacia auriculiformis, at most similar to Acacia longifolia […]

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Meistera ghatica

Meistera ghatica (K.G.Bhat) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman, Taxon 67: 26 (2018) (syn: Amomum ghaticum K.G.Bhat); . SW. India as per POWO; . 513 ID wild ginger: Please ID wild ginger, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 04DEC2023, 04.15pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine Plant habit: ginger, erect/obliquely, weak […]

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Ficus species- Indonesia

Ficus sp.: 2 images. Description A strangler fig tree. The fig are small and red for the local. The leaf are relatively small. Habitus : Dry tropical forest Date : 27 04 23 ID:  Ficus benjamina ? I do not think it is https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/01/ficus-benjamina/ Ficus tsjakela..!  

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