• Moringa oleifera ?

    • November 4, 2018
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    Moringa oleifera ?;   Unknown seedlings in tray : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Found in Auroville Botanical Gardens. No need to ID. Just sharing…. OK, … could be moringa 

  • Begonia hybrids- Cultivated- Hong Kong

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    SK1480 02 Oct 2018 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 350 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Begonia sp. Begonia ‘Steve’s Leaves Yellow Jacket’ ?? References: https://stevesleaves.com/products/begonia-steves-leaves-yellow-jacket#:~:text=The%20oval%20leaves%20are%20green,that%20glow%20against%20the%20foliage. https://www.reddit.com/r/begonias/comments/kgjbj2/steves_leaves_yellow_jacket/ https://garden.org/plants/view/802215/Rex-Begonia-Begonia-Steves-Leaves-Yellow-Jacket/

  • Asteraceae member- Munnar, Kerala

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      Asteraceae sp. for ID at Munnar-PKA60 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 420 kb each. This Asteraceae herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.These are the only pics available with me..  

  • Argyreia species- Bangladesh

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    Argyreia Id from Bangladesh-SM_1300 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Chittagong Habitat: long the canal side may be but you need side views of the floral tube, leaves both surfaces and measurements if p Argyreia sericea ?? Difficult to identify without sepals/ bracts. Pl. see Argyreia Argyreia splendens(Hornem.)…

  • Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal

    • November 3, 2018
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      Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal (mixed thread): 3 images. I am presenting here some Euphrasia images from Lahaul, taken by myself and … ……………. My thinking is that it is a plant different from the Euphrasia found in VOF. Any thoughts on this will be welcome.

  • Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai

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    Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Another biomimicry, an architectural wonder in Dubai. A huge urban complex created on sea in the shape of the celebrated date palm.

  • Dracocephalum wallichii

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    Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy, Bot. Mag. 164: t. 9657 1944. (syn: Dracocephalum calanthum C.Y.Wu [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum speciosum Benth. [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum wallichii var. wallichii ; Ruyschiana wallichii House); Common name: Wallich’s Dragonhead Himalaya to SC. China as per WCSP; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Dracocephalum wallichii…

  • 97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP

    • November 1, 2018
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    97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP on 21st Oct,18 at 8 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Dear Friends,  The monsoon has left Mumbai in a great hurry…….grasses have stopped growing…..shedding and burying its seeds for the future…..greens of yesterday slowly blending in to golden…

  • Spiranthes sinensis ?

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      Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 1, 1 & 4 mb. Location: Chisapani, Kathmandu Date: 01 October  2019 Elevation: 2176 m. Habit : Wild Attachments (1) – 6 mb It is almost impossible to identify this without dissection and I am surprised to…

  • Leptospermum hybrids- Hong Kong

    • October 31, 2018
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      SK1471 26 Sep 2018 : 15 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Can it be Nerium by any chance? /species/a—l/a/apocynaceae/nerium/nerium-oleander No its not Nerium. I know the plant, but dont know the name.  i have been…

  • Symplocos lancifolia

    • October 29, 2018
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    Symplocos lancifolia Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 133 1846. (syn: Bobua arisanensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua formosana (Brand) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua lancifolia Miers; Bobua leptostachya Miers; Bobua microcarpa (Champ.) Nemoto; Bobua pseudolancifolia Hatus.; Bobua suishariensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua trichoclada (Hayata)…

  • Psychotria asiatica (Hong Kong)

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    Psychotria asiatica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 929 1759. (Syn: Antherura rubra Lour.; Aucubaephyllum lioukiense Ahlb.; Polyozus lanceolata Lour.; Psychotria antherura Schult. [Illegitimate]; Psychotria esquirolii H.Lév.; Psychotria reevesii Wall.; Psychotria reevesii var. pilosa Pit.; Psychotria rubra (Lour.) Poir.; Psychotria rubra var. pilosa (Pit.) W.C.Chen; Psychotrophum asiaticum (L.) Crantz; Uragoga…

  • Reevesia thyrsoidea (Hong Kong)

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    Reevesia thyrsoidea Lindl., Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts 2: 112 1827. ; China (Guangdong, S-Guangxi, Hainan), Cambodia, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1431 11 Sep 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild   aquilaria…

  • Ligustrum sinense

    • October 28, 2018
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    Ligustrum sinense Lour. (syn: Ligustrum calleryanum Decne.; Ligustrum chinense Carrière, orth. var.; Ligustrum deciduum Hemsl.; Ligustrum fortunei C.K.Schneid.; Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr.; Ligustrum matsudae Kaneh. ex T.Shimizu & M.T.Kao; Ligustrum microcarpum Kaneh. & Sasaki; Ligustrum microcarpum var. shakaroense (Kaneh.) Shimizu & T.C.Kao; Ligustrum nokoense Masam. & T.Mori; Ligustrum ovalifolium multiflorum…

  • Vigna radiata ?

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    Vigna radiata ?; . SK1461 21 Sep 2018 : 16 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5) – around 700 kb each. Location: Lantau, Hong Kong  Date: 14 August 2018 Elevation: 3000 ft. Habit : Not sure  Which Fabaceae ..? I think it is Vigna ungiculata. Looks somethiing different. Isn’t Vigna unguiculata…

  • Manilkara roxburghiana

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    Manilkara roxburghiana (Wight) Dubard, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 3: 10 1915. (syn: Kaukenia roxburghiana (Wight) Kuntze; Mimusops roxburghiana Wight); . S. India as per WCSP; . 24092018BHAR03 Tree from Jawadhu hills : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 950 kb each. Found this tree in Jawadhu hills…

  • Elaeocarpus grandiflorus (Cultivated)

    • October 27, 2018
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    Elaeocarpus grandiflorus J. E. Smith (syn: Elaeocarpus grandiflorus var. angustifolius Gagnep.; Monocera grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Hook.; Perinka grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Rafin.); Java, peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Pahan, Selangor), Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Philippines (Busuanga), Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; As per efi thread: E. grandiflorus is with broader leaf compared…

  • Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa (Introduced)

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    Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa (syn: Bonellia cavanillesii Bert.; Jacquinia arenicola T. S.Brandegee; Jacquinia aurantiaca Ait.; Jacquinia axillaris Oerst.; Jacquinia cuneata Standl.; Jacquinia leptopoda Lundell; Jacquinia liebmannii Mez; Jacquinia macrocarpa Cav.; Jacquinia mexicana Regel; Jacquinia racemosa A. DC.; Jacquinia schiedeana Mez); . Mexico to Honduras: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico…

  • Begonia silletensis

    • October 26, 2018
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    Begonia silletensis (A.DC.) C.B.Clarke (syn: Casparya silletensis A.DC.); Assam; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; Fwd: Strawberry : 4 posts by 1 author. 8 images. This is from Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura Kindly identify Begonia sp  I think this is Begonia silletensis References: Catalogue of Life  India Biodiversity Portal  Asian…

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