Ficus. sp ?: 4 images. Observation: 26/04/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia. Description: A tall tree with hard wood, with yellow fig and red flowers. The leaf are large with brown hair. Habitus : Dry tropical forest First ID : Ficus sp. Ficus hispida ? Ficus altissima ? Appears close to Ficus mollis.. Ficus mollis does not have distribution […]
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Indonesia- Tree at Riung District, Flores
Tree sp.: 3 images. Observation: 27/04/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia. Description: This tree is supposed to attract water. It’s not a hard wood, he may have red flowers, the fruits are unknown. The local name is Saka dara. Habitus : Dry tropical forest spring water As we look forward to reforest spring water area, what would really […]
Pyrenacantha
Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight (W. India to Hainan and Indo-China: Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Pyrenacantha volubilis
Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight, Bot. Misc. 2: 107 (1830) (syn: Cavanilla volubilis Kuntze ; Pyrenacantha volubilis var. elliptica Pierre ; Pyrenacantha volubilis var. oblonga Pierre); . W. India to Hainan and Indo-China: Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; , Much branched climber. Leaves rhomboid-lanceolate, obtuse at base, coarsely 3 or 4-toothed at margin, retuse or mucronate at apex, […]
Caulokaempferia sikkimensis
Caulokaempferia sikkimensis (King ex Baker) K.Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 60: 169 (1964) (syn: Kaempferia sikkimensis King ex Baker ; Monolophus sikkimensis (King ex Baker) Veldkamp & Mood ); . E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Sikkim Orchid Ginger . Please id this flower: 2 images. Found and photographed this flower at Upper Samdong, […]
Celtis tetrandra ?
ID Celtis sp. ?: 3 correct images as above. Observation: 18/10/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia. Description: We have two species of what I think are from the Celtis genus named Namu and Nomu in local language. Here, we’ve the Celtis tetandra species but also a Celtis timorensis species. As both of them are in India, I would like to […]
Siphocranion
Siphocranion macranthum (Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu (E. Himalaya to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)
Siphocranion macranthum
Siphocranion macranthum (Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 56 (1959) (syn: Hancea hemsleyana H.Lév. ; Hancea prainiana H.Lév. ; Isodon macranthus (Hook.f.) Kudô ; Isodon macranthus var. prainianus (H.Lév.) Kudô ; Plectranthus macranthus Hook.f. ; Plectranthus prainianus (H.Lév.) Dunn ; Rabdosia macrantha (Hook.f.) H.Hara ; Siphocranion macranthum var. microphyllum C.Y.Wu ; Siphocranion macranthum var. prainianum (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li); . E. Himalaya to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet, […]
Diospyros species- Ganjam, Odisha
Regarding identification of the sp. collected from Ganjam Odisha on sept 2023: 4 high res. images. Diospyros mespiliformis..! It does not have distribution in India as per POWO. I tried through comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/26/diospyros/ But I could not find any id. It is a female tree of Diospyros ebenum (Possibly). I visited Talcher, Angul area […]
Hibiscus lobatus ?
Identify the species: 1 high res. image. Malvaceae. Elevation, date, location and close up images of open flowers ?? Appears somewhat close to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/05/hibiscus-lobatus/ Maybe some other closely related species. Seems to Hibiscus hirtus It is different from Hibiscus hirtus in leaf structure, but the flower matches. Appears somewhat close to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/05/hibiscus-lobatus/ Maybe some other […]
Sloanea tomentosa
Sloanea tomentosa (Benth.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson, in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 362 (1915) (syn: Echinocarpus tomentosus Benth. ); . Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Evergreen trees; 25-40 m tall; bark brown, exfoliating; branchlets densely rust-brown tomentose. Leaves […]
Amanita species- Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal
SK 3891 13 November 2023- Mushroom: 3 very high res. images. Location: Surya Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Altitude: 1500m. Date: 04 November 2023 Habit : Wild Maybe something from https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/09/agaricales/ I still think it’s something from Amanitaceae. You can send it to some Amanitaceae expert like Rod Tulloss, Iqbal Hosen… https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007460085838 this guy also works on Amanitaceae […]
Momordica balsamina
Momordica balsamina L., Sp. Pl.: 1009 (1753) (syn: Momordica garipensis E.Mey. ; Momordica garriepensis Arn. ; Momordica huberi Tod. ; Momordica involucrata E.Mey. ex Sond. ; Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz ; Nevrosperma cuspidata Raf.); . Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Australia: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, […]
Zingiber species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal
SK 3900 24 November 2023 – Zingiberaceae: 5 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 November 2023 Altitude: 2000m. Habitat : Wild Zingiber chrysanthum Roscoe?? But the Leaf pattern looks slightly different compared to my earlier posts in efi. And record says its elevation range is below 1450m and it is quite high for […]
Pothos armatus
Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 126 (1929); . SW. India as per POWO; . Stem with few nodular spines. Lowers leaves ovate-orbicular with cordate base, upper leaves 13-18 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base acute, nerves many, irregular, prominent below; petiole 1 cm long. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlets; peduncles 3-5 cm […]
Swertia raveendrae
Swertia raveendrae Shahina & Nampy, Phytotaxa 195: 44 (2015); . India (Karnataka) as per POWO; . Common name: Raveendra’s Swertia . Swertia corymbosa FOR VALIDATION :: Baba Budangiri :: 14 NOV 2016 :: DVDEC62 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 5 images. Baba Budangiri Karnataka Date: 14 NOV 2016 … Altitude: ~ 1733 – 1895 m ( 5686 – 6217 […]
Julostylis angustifolia
Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 30 (1858) (syn: Kydia angustifolia Arn.); . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Trees, to 20 m, bark yellowish-brown, smooth; branches drooping, slender, terete; young branches, peduncle and pedicel stellately rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, stipulate; stipules 4 mm long, linear, free, lateral, minutely pubescent, cauducous; petiole […]
Julostylis
Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thw. (SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)
Crotalaria species- Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Identify the Crotalaria sps..: 3 high res. images. Crotalaria hirsuta Willd. ! I think looks different from images at https://efloraofindia.com/2017/10/12/crotalaria-hirsuta/ Yes, … it’s some what differ from hirsuta..! When and where? I could find any match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/20/crotalaria/ It’s growing in Department of Botany, Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh Still it […]
Macaranga pustulata
Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 445 (1887) as per efi thread; . India: Subtropical evergreen forests, chiefly in old forest clearings, on landslips and abandoned plantations, 600 – 2000 m altitude. Uttarakhand (Garhwal Himalayas), West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China as per […]
