IDENTITY : 55: Attaching a few images of a small plant. Images were taken in North Bengal forest. If my memory serves me correctly, I have seen this plant in Tezpur (Assam) in 2002. Fruits look like bunch of grapes (upright not hanging). Please identify. Appears to be some Rubiaceae member?…
MS,Nov.,2021/31 Carex ? for id.: 1 high res. image. Location : Ailawng Date : 16-07-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett ?? Looks somewhat close to image at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scleria_terrestris https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/426638-Scleria-terrestris/browse_photos But only Experts can confirm or otherwise. What are the species listed in Flora of Mizoram? Carex…
MS,Nov.,2021/13 Tree for id.: Location : Dampui-ngaw Date : 03-03-2016 Habit : Tree Habitat : Wild Myrtaceae ? Syzygium ? Details not clear. Syzygium kurzii ? Pl. post the keys. Unable to say anything. To me, it looks like Syzygium courtallense. But I am not sure, because it is too far.
Single trees in urban settings: As the global climate change conversation intensifies and nations look to minimize environmental impacts in their own backyards, nature-based solutions are garnering new levels of interest. Trees are widely recognized for their role in sequestering carbon, and capturing and storing rainfall in their canopy to…
176 ID wild plant orchid: 18 images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 05.10.2021, 12.10pm Habitat: wild, moisture, rooted on other trees Plant habit: orchid, obliquely, no stem, perennial, rooted on a teak branch Height: 15cm Leaves: alternate,…
Dendrobium secundum (Blume) Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List 1996 1828. (syn: Callista secunda (Blume) Kuntze; Dendrobium heterostigma Rchb.f.; Dendrobium secundum var. album Sander; Dendrobium secundum f. album Valmayor & D.Tiu; Dendrobium secundum var. niveum Rchb.f.; Pedilonum secundum Blume); . Bangladesh to W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam…
MS,Nov.,2021/41 Oplismenus sp. for id.: 2 images. Location : Tamdil Date : 30-04-2018 Habit : Small grass Habitat : Wild Oplismenus hirtellus – wait for flowering I did not find its reporting or distribution in India and Mynamar, including in POWO and CoL. On the other hand Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. undulatifolius (Ard.) U.Scholz is reported…
Derris ovalifolia (Wight & Arn.)Benth., F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 252 (1852) (syn: Millettia ovalifolia (Wight & Arn.) Kurz; Phaseoloides ovalifolium (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze; Pongamia ovalifolia Wight & Arn.; Pterocarpus ovalifolius (Benth.) Kuntze); . BSI Flora of India gives distribution as Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu; . Derris ovalifolia: 2 high res. images. Found in a sacred…
Efloraofindia site completed 11 years on 2.11.21: The Efloraofindia site had completed 11 years on 2.11.21, since Dinesh Valke ji created it (showing his great vision) and gifted it to us (although the Efloraofindia google group will be more than 14 years old). Through its long journey, we have seen many great…
SK 3127 11 November 2021: 7 very high res. images. Location: Kalikot, West Nepal Altitude: 1737m. Date: 15 August 2021 Habit : Wild Commelina …. ?? Any guesses? Only 2 sp. benghalenis and paludosa are listed in the book but I guess this may be different one. May be … could give…
Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 24NOV21 : AK – 021: 4 images. A small plant seen along the road today (24.11.21). The height was barely a foot or less. Dried up flowers of leucas ??? or some other Lamiaceae member.
SK 3150 18 November 2021: 3 very high res. images. Location: Jumla, West Nepal Altitude: 2427m. Date: 17 August 2021 Habit : Wild Eriocaulon … ?? Impossible to id without leaves. OK … I was in a hurry !
Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42(2): 86 1873. (syn: Vaccinium apricum H.R.Fletcher; Vaccinium garrettii Craib; Vaccinium longetubulosum J.J.Sm.; Vaccinium winitii H.R.Fletcher); . Assam to China (S. Yunnan, S. Guizhou, W. Guangxi) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS,Nov.,2021/62 Vaccinium sp. ? for id.: 4…
SK 3148 18 November 2021: 4 very high res. images. Location: Jumla, West Nepal Altitude: 2308m. Date: 17 August 2021 Habit : Wild Cisrsium … ??? Not sure if these images could yield to the ID! I think immature. May come out to be Cirsium argyracanthum DC. or Cirsium wallichii DC.
MS,Nov.,2021/33 Scleria sp.? for id.: 3 images. Location : Dampui-ngaw Date : 03-05-2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild What are the keys ? Not available sir
Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India: 112 (1874). (syn: . Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan) and NE. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Acer pectinatum from Mississauga, Canada-23112021-2: 2 very high res. images. Acer pectinatum Photographed from Mississauga, Canada,…
Barleria prionitis subsp. pubiflora (Benth. ex Hohen.) R. K. Brummitt & J. R. I. Wood, Kew Bull. 38: 436 (1983) (syn: Barleria prionitis var. diacantha Blatt. & Hallb.; Barleria pubiflora Benth.); . SE. Pakistan to W. India as per POWO; . India (Coastal & subcoastal areas of W-India from Mangalore to Saurashtra, Punjab, foot hills…
What could these blobs be?: 3 images. 9/10/2021 Madhav National Park, Shivpuri Looks like Nostoc balls.. It could be hydrophytes and algae. Most probably some blue-green algae belonging to the genus Anabaena or Nostoc. Contact some algologist. the second image looks like algae. The other two photographs look leafy in…
SK 3143 16 November 2021: 2 very high res. images. Location: Kalikot, West Nepal Altitude: 1660m. Date: 15 August 2021 Habit : Wild Hoya fusca Wall. ?? Not sure if it could be identified with these limited images! I think looks different from images at Hoya fusca OK …!
140 ID wild plant Commelina: 14 images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 20.08.2021, 11.25am Habitat: wild moisture Plant habit: creeping, branches, slender weak fleshy purple stem 2.5mm diameter, hairy, annual Height: 05cm Leaves: alternate, oblong, apex, size:5×1cm…