• Microscopy of Popular Botanicals

    Book entitled Microscopy of Popular Botanicals: 1 pdf attachment. I am happy to share about my new book on  Microscopy of 132 Botanical raw drugs. It is a simple thing for experts, but for me it took 2 years to compile my 15 years work. Thanks for the encouragement and…

  • Polystichum levingei

    Polystichum levingei C. Hope ex Christ, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 11: 260 (1902) (syn: Polystichum caespitosum var. stenophyllum Franch. ; Polystichum conaense Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum deversum Christ ; Polystichum levingei N.C.Nair ; Polystichum niitakayamense Hayata ; Polystichum stenophyllum (Franch.) Christ ; Polystichum stenophyllum var. abbreviatum Tagawa ; Polystichum stenophyllum var. conaense (Ching & S.K.Wu) W.M.Chu & Z.R.He ); . Nepal…

  • Utricularia species- Kankumbi, Karnataka

    Plant 29082024_3: 2 images. Please identify this plant. Kankumbi. Karnataka. 28/08/2024 https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/04/utricularia/ Thank you. Do you have any other images? It is very difficult to id with these images. Sorry …, these are the only images with me.  

  • Lecanthus obtusus

    Lecanthus obtusus (Royle) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 143 (1929) (syn: Elatostema ovatum Wight ; Lecanthus peduncularis var. garhwalensis Silas & R.D.Gaur ; Lecanthus wightii Wedd.; Procris obtusa Royle); . Himalaya, W. India: East Himalaya, India, West Himalaya as per POWO; . ¿ lay-KAN-thuss ? — Greek: lekane (dish, pot), anthos (flower)… Wikipedia ob-TOO-sus — blunt … Dave’s Botanary . ommonly known as: dwarf dischead • Dogri:…

  • Lepisorus species- Dirang area, Arunachal Pradesh

    Lepisorus from Dirang area, march 2024: 3 images. This one is a Lepisorus but now, I have some documentation and I’m afraid I should have removed the rhizome to see some more features. Yes, unfortunately without seeing a good close-up of the rhizome showing its scales Lepisorus species cannot be…

  • Senecio species- Porbandar, Gujarat

    I’d plz: 1 image. I’d plz Location: barda hill Porbandar  Dt – 25/08/2024 Please check Senecio bombayensis N.P.Balakr. I think it looks different from images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/29/senecio-bombayensis/ What are the species of senecio reported from your area?    

  • Araliaceae member- Khurda, Odisha

    Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on Aug 24:9: 4 high res. images. Araliaceae ?? Was it cultivated? As per keys (https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/07/araliaceae/ in Flora of Bhutan), only Brassaiopsis, Fatsia is possible. Pl. check https://efloraofindia.com/2015/04/06/fatsia-japonica/

  • Hypodematium crenatum

    Hypodematium crenatum (Forssk.) Kuhn, in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 37 (1879) (syn: Aspidium crenatum (Forssk.) Kuhn ; Dryopteris crenata (Forssk.) Kuntze ; Lastrea crenata (Forssk.) Bedd. ; Nephrodium crenatum (Forssk.) Baker ; Polypodium crenatum Forssk. ; Cystopteris odorata (Bory ex Willd.) Desv. ; Lastrea chrysolepis T.Moore ; Lastrea eriocarpa (Decne.) C.Presl ex Bedd. ; Lastrea odorata (Bory…

  • Homalomena rubescens?

    Identify the species from areaceae: 1 high res. image. Kindly identify the species collected from a nursery at Visakhapatnam I hope Anthurium andreanum, Araceae not Areaceae It’s not Anthurium sir! Pl. check: https://efloraofindia.com/2018/05/21/homalomena-rubescens/ Need to check  

  • Triumfetta species- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

    Need help with tiny flower ID. Triumfetta?: Gwalior Sept 2024 Triumfetta pentandra A.Rich. ex Guill. & Perr. Triumfetta sp.? Check all sp. details https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/03/triumfetta/ No. of stamens, fruit etc. are required for species id. Pl. see https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/03/triumfetta/  

  • Coprinus species- Mulkharka, Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 4022 21 August 2024 – Mycophyta: 4 very high res. images. Location: Mulkharka, Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 30 July 2024 Altitude: 1936m. Habitat : Wild Inkcaps? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkcap I guess so Coprinus comatus (O.F.Müll.) Pers. ?? Coprinus What are the species of Coprinus reported from your area? So far bulbilosus, comatus, disseminatus and…

  • Malva trimestris ? (Cultivated)

    Malva trimestris (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 381 (1796) (syn: Althaea africana (Mill.) Borbás ; Althaea trimestris (L.) Kuntze ; Lavatera africana Mill. ; Lavatera alba Medik. ; Lavatera altheifolia Mill. ; Lavatera grandiflora Lam. ; Lavatera meonantha Link ; Lavatera moschata Miergues ; Lavatera pseudotrimestris Rouy ex Cout. ; Lavatera rosea Medik.; Lavatera trimestris L. ; Lavatera trimestris var. brachypoda Pérez Lara ;…

  • Odisha- plant at Cuttack

    Regarding identification of the Sp collected from Cuttack Odisha on Aug. 24: 4 images. Porana paniculata? I think looks different as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/23/porana-paniculata/ Was it planted or wild?  

  • Maharashtra: Tree at Nigdi, Pune

    Tree id please: Nigdi, Pune, Mh: 6 images. Pl id this tree. It’s just one year old since planted. Nigdi, Pune, Mh, july 2024. Please ignore the “Tectona grandis“, its attached accidentally. Pl. check https://efloraofindia.com/2011/01/22/quisqualis-indica/ Actually, this plant somehow stumped everyone, even experts. It’s indeed  the famous Terminalia chebula /…

  • Aesculus flava (USA)

    Aesculus flava Soland. ex Hope, Cat. Arb. Frut. Hort. Edinb. Cres. 1778: 1 (1778) (syn:  Aesculus flava var. purpurascens A.Gray ; Aesculus hystrix Raf. ; Aesculus lutea Wangenh. ; Aesculus lutea var. discolor Dippel ; Aesculus maxima D.Drake ; Aesculus octandra Marshall ; Aesculus octandra var. hybrida Sarg. ; Aesculus octandra var. purpurascens C.K.Schneid. ; Aesculus octandra f. vestita (Sarg.) Fernald ; Aesculus octandra var. vestita Sarg. ; Aesculus octandra f. virginica (Sarg.) Fernald ; Aesculus…

  • Prunus napaulensis

    Prunus napaulensis (Ser. ex DC.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 403 (1841) (syn: Cerasus glaucifolia Wall. ; Cerasus napaulensis Ser.; Padus glaucifolia Wall. ex M.Roem. ; Padus napaulensis (Ser.) C.K.Schneid.; Padus napaulensis var. distincta C.K.Schneid. ; Padus napaulensis var. typica C.K.Schneid. ; Prunus nepaulensis (Ser.) Steud.; Prunus glaucifolia Wall. ex Koehne ; Prunus nepaulensis var. ovoidea Cardot); . Himalaya to Central & S. China and…

  • Prunus buergeriana

    Prunus buergeriana Miq., Prolus. Fl. Jap.: 24 (1865) (syn: Cerasus capricida Wall. ; Cerasus capricida Wall. ex G.Don ; Lauro-cerasus buergeriana (Miq.) C.K.Schneid.; Padus buergeriana (Miq.) T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku; Prunus adenodonta Merr. ; Prunus buergeriana var. nudiuscula Koehne ; Prunus capricida (Wall.) Ser. ; Prunus capricida (Wall. ex G.Don) Brandis ; Prunus fauriei H.Lév. ; Prunus undulata Hook.f. ; Prunus undulata f. venosa (Koehne) Koehne ;…

  • Eriocaulon species- Kankumbi, Karnataka

    Plant ID 29082024_2: 3 images. Please identify this plant. Kankumbi. Karnataka. 28/08/2024 https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/28/eriocaulon/ Thank you. Very difficult to identify upto species level.  

  • eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st August’24

    eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st August’24: 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 4,69,700 messages so far & membership currently more than 3520…

  • Indigofera species- Nayagarh, Odisha

    Regarding identification of the species collected from Nayagarh odisha on September 2024: 2 high res. images. Image details are not sufficient. Please check https://efloraofindia.com/2011/01/18/fabaceae/ . indigofera..! Yes. Pl. check: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/07/indigofera/ Unable to nail down the exact id.