• Peracarpa

    Peracarpa carnosa Hook.f. & Thomson

  • Nandanom, the Garden of Gods

    Fwd: A BOOK for You : 1 post by 1 author. Notion Press Proudly Presents Nandanom, The Garden of Gods A narrational odyssey on sacred plants By P.N. Ravindran   Prof. MS Swaminathan FRS (the greatest agricultural scientist of India and a great social reformist, ranked along with Gandhiji and Tagore…

  • Swertia

    Some Swertia species of NW Himalayas, and a Key to species-GS11012020-1 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 6 mb. Some Beautiful Swertia species from Western Himalayas. Here are some species clicked from Western Himalayas A, B, a still unidentified species, perhaps a good material for young researchers, Deovan…

  • Leucaena leucocephala ?

    Leucaena leucocephala ?; . SK1138 24 MAY 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) – around 700 kb each. Location:  Soureni, India  Date: 6 May  2018 Altitude: 2900 ft Habit : Cultivated Pl. check https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/f/fabaceae  Pl. check Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth. I am not sure. Please also compare with-https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/f/fabaceae/leucaena/leucaena-leucocephala Looks…

  • Dendrobium anosmum

    Dendrobium anosmum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 31(Misc.): 32 1845. (syn: Callista anosma (Lindl.) Kuntze; Callista scortechinii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium anosmum var. dearei (Rolfe) Ames & Quisumb.; Dendrobium anosmum var. huttonii (Rchb.f.) Ames & Quisumb.; Dendrobium dayanum Grindon; Dendrobium leucorhodum Schltr.; Dendrobium macranthum Miq. [Illegitimate]; Dendrobium macrophyllum Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Dendrobium retusum…

  • Neoregelia spectabilis (Cultivated)

    Neoregelia spectabilis (T.Moore) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 79 1934. (syn: Aregelia spectabilis (T.Moore) Mez; Karatas spectabilis (T.Moore) Antoine; Nidularium eximium Baker [Invalid]; Nidularium spectabile T.Moore; Regelia spectabilis (T.Moore) Lindm.); Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro) as per WCSP;   Neoregelia spectabilis (T.Moore) L.B.Sm. ?? : 6 posts by…

  • Neoregelia

    Neoregelia spectabilis (T.Moore) L.B.Sm.  

  • Rubiaceae member- Kebumen, Java, Indonesia

      Flowers of Java 13 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) A small tree cultivated in Kebumen ca 21 m alt. ID is needed.  Other recipients: Not sure. But looks closure to Coffeea related plant. Not sure. But looks closure to Coffeea related plant. 

  • Begonia cathcartii

    Begonia cathcartii Hook.f. & Thomson, Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 13 1855. (syn: Begonia nemophila Kurz; Platycentrum cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Klotzsch); . Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Red-Hair Begonia . Rootstocks rhizomatous. Stems up to 30cm, when young bearing coarse deflexed hairs…

  • Pegia nitida

    Pegia nitida Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15(2): 364–365 1827. (syn: Phlebochiton extensum Wall.; Robergia hirsuta Roxb.; Tapirira extensa (Wall.) Hook. f. ex Marchand; Tapirira hirsuta (Roxb.) Hook. f.; Tapirira hirsuta (Roxb.) Hu); China (S-Yunnan, SW-Guizhou, W-Guangxi), N-Thailand, India (Darjeeling, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya), Nepal, Bhutan,…

  • Pegia

    Pegia nitida Colebr.  

  • Gymnostachyum species ?- Kannur district, Kerala

    ID KANNUR 0504 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify this shrub, reached fruiting stage already, from a riparian area of Kannur district of Kerala. It looks like a species belonging to the family Acanthaceae. Would you please send a picture of fruits.  It looks like a…

  • Pluchea wallichiana

    Pluchea wallichiana DC., Prodr. (DC.) 5: 451 451 1836. (syn: Conyza candolleana Boiss.; Conyza sessilifolia Wall.); . India (Indian Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Salt Range) as per Catalogue of Life; . Shrub for ID :: Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park, Jodhpur, March 2018 ::…

  • Jasminum species- Rajshahi, Bangladesh

      Wild climber id from Bangladesh_SM_1508 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Fruiting and Picture taken : May, 2018 Habitat:  Rod side, village Thicket Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh  I think some Jasminum species   Cool!  I think side view and other images are required for proper id.

  • Chionanthus zeylanicus

    Chionanthus zeylanicus L., Sp. Pl. 8 1753. (syn: Chionanthus dichotomus Roxb.; Chionanthus zeylanicus var. dichotomus (Roxb.) Bahadur & R.C.Gaur; Linociera dichotoma (Roxb.) Wall. ex DC.; Linociera purpurea var. dichotoma Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Linociera zeylanica (L.) Gamble); India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; Habit- Trees up to 10 m tall. Trunk\bark-…

  • Polygonatum oppositifolium

    Polygonatum oppositifolium (Wall.) Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 380 1839. (syn: Convallaria oppositifolia Wall.; Polygonatum oppositifolium var. oppositifolium ; Siphyalis nitida Raf.); Assam; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet as per Catalogue of Life; SK1155 29 MAY 2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- around 400 kb each.  Location : Lava,…

  • Hoya serpens

    Hoya serpens Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 55 1883. ; India (E-Himalaya, Darjeeling), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Australia (I) (Queensland (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; Hoya serpens Hook. fil. : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)- around 800 kb each.  Location : Kalimpong, India Date : 10 May 2018 Elevation…

  • Arisaema galeatum

    Arisaema galeatum N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. III, 1897(2): 102 1879. ; Sikkim to N. Myanmar as per WCSP; Common name: Helmet Cobra Lily   Arisaema dahaiense H.Li : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location : Lava, Kalimpong, India Date : 11 May 2018 Elevation :  6800 ft. Habit : Wild…

  • Honey bee on Tecoma species

      Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1103 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of honey bee visiting flowers of Tecoma sp.  

  • Anthurium scherzerianum

    Anthurium scherzerianum Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 53 1857. (syn: Anthurium rothschildianum (Pynaert) Pynaert; Anthurium scherzerianum var. albopunctatum Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. albostriatum Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. atrosanguineum Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. aurorae Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. bruxellensis Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. carnotianum Engl.; Anthurium scherzerianum var. devansayanum hort.; Anthurium…