• Geranium species- Kugti, Himachal

    Herb for ID, Kugti, Himachal Pradesh NAW-SEP17-20 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Kindly identify this herb with white-violet flowers photographed in Chamba district on the trail to Kugti Pass at the altitude of about 3500 metres in June 2017. Please check for Geraniums here. Thanks, … I…

  • Litsea khasyana

    Litsea khasyana Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 227 1864. (syn: Litsea meissneri Hook.f. [Illegitimate]); . Oliv, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 83 with a figure ; Benth. & H. f. Gen. Pl. i. 666. KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith. Boughs much branched with lenticular bark. Leaves 2-3 in. with stellate pubescence when young…

  • Nymphoides balakrishnanii

    Nymphoides balakrishnanii Biju P., Josekutty E. J. , Muhammed Haneef K. and Jomy Augustine, International Journal of Advanced Research (2016), Volume 4, Issue 7, 799-803; India (Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life;   Nymphoides balakrishnanii from Kasaragod, kerala : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I am hereby sending image…

  • Litsea hookeri

    Litsea hookeri (Meisn.) D.G.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 510 1984. (syn: Cylicodaphne hookeri Meisn.; Lindera hookeri Meisn.; Litsea khasyana Meisn.; Litsea meissneri Hook. fil.; Malapoenna hookeri (Meisn.) Kuntze; Malapoenna khasiana (Meisn.) Kuntze; Tetranthera khasyana Meisn.); . ID No.08062011 RD03: Please help to identify this Tree Date/Time-24/05/2011– 11:30 AM…

  • Astragalus sikkimensis

    Astragalus sikkimensis Bunge (syn: Astragalus inconspicuus Baker;P haca reptans Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha sikkimensis (Bunge) Kuntze);  Bhutan (N) ; India (N) ; Sikkim ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal ; Nepal (N) as per ILDIS; Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Nepal, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Stems prostrate, slender, up to 30cm,…

  • Clerodendrum species ?- Sri Lanka

    IND 12 6/7/14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this Clerodendrum species. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2014. Clerodendrum serratum Not Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb. as per images herein. Clerodendrum yunnanense? Flower images are not clear but looks like Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane &…

  • Premna odorata

    Premna odorata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 488 1837. (syn: Gumira flavescens Kuntze; Gumira leucostoma (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira odorata (Blanco) Kuntze; Gumira vestita (Schauer) Kuntze; Premna cumingiana var. pierreana (Dop) P.H.Hô, nom. inval.; Premna curranii H.J.Lam; Premna depauperata Merr.; Premna depauperata var. oswaldiana Moldenke; Premna depauperata var. serrulata Moldenke; Premna flavescens Buch.-Ham….

  • 80. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Sept.’17

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Sept.’17- more than 12,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 2,78,700 messages…

  • Sterculia versicolor

    Sterculia versicolor Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 48 1830. (syn: Clompanus versicolor Wall. ex Kuntze; Southwellia versicolor Wall. ex Wight); Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Rakhine), India (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura) as per Catalogue of Life ;   MS Nov.2014/009 Sterculia sp. for ID : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)….

  • Crotalaria speciosa

    Crotalaria speciosa Roth; India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka ; Tamil Nadu ; Northern Marianas (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Erect golden silky hairy herbs or undershrubs, up to 40 cm high; stems woody, branched from the base; branches erecto-patent, 2-4 mm thick. Leaves simple, 2-4.3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, elliptic-oblong,…

  • Ophiorrhiza species ?- Lamahatta, Darjeeling, West Bengal

    SK568 15 JUN-2017:ID : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Location:  Lamahatta, Darjeeling, India  Date: 22 May  2017 Altitude: 6800 ft. Ophiorrhiza bracteata Korth. or Ophiorrhiza mungos L. ??? I think does not match with either of them as per Ophiorrhiza mungos or Ophiorrhiza bracteata as per NHM Any idea about the correct genus ?…

  • Cereus species- Muscat, Oman

    Cactus For ID : Muscat : 28SEP17 : AK-25 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Very old pictures taken in Muscat. On searching, it looks like Hylocereus costaricensis. Flowers blooming in the evening. I have seen this plant in MNP, Mumbai too. Experts kindly validate. I think does not…

  • Lauraceae member- Rinchenpong, Sikkim

      SHRUB ID—–20th December 2011—–S.S.—-065—-Richenpong. SIKKIM: Please can someone id this shrub/tree with interesting red , brown young leaves. Taken on 3rd April 2011@ 10.00 in the morning. Near Mandarin village. RINCHENPONG. SIKKIM. Looks like Mesua ferrea to me. I do not know this plant like thousands other. Never heard of…

  • Machilus odoratissima ?

    Machilus odoratissima ?; small tree for id mm1 30012012:  small tree in binsar wildlife sanctuary near almora, uttarakhand. 8000 ft altitude it has white flowers, which were not in bloom as yet. an identification would be very appreciated I forgot to add that it is caled tirnia locally Persea (Machilus)…

  • Conyza leucantha

    Conyza leucantha (D.Don) Ludlow & P.H.Raven, Kew Bull. 17: 71 (1963) 71 1963. (syn: Blumea conyzoides H.Lév. & Vaniot; Blumea lecomtei Vaniot & H.Lév.; Blumea leucantha (D.Don) DC.; Blumeopsis falcata (D.Don) Merr.; Cacalia disticha DC.; Cacalia subsimplex Kuntze; Conyza oligandra Turcz.; Conyza oligandra Turcz.; Conyza viscidula Wall. ex DC.; Conyza…

  • Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis (Cultivated)

    Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis (S.Carter) Bruyns, Taxon 55: 415 2006. (syn: Monadenium ritchiei subsp. nyambense S.Carter); Kenya (Meru) as per WCSP; Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis Image by Aarti Khale  Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia bergeri : For Validation : BBC Show,Mumbai : 071113 : AK-45 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by…

  • Saussurea species- Arunachal Pradesh

    Fwd: Saussurea sp? : 4 posts by 1 author. Saussurea sp? Arunachal Pradesh 11.8.17 Pl. check comparative images at /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/saussurea /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/saussurea/saussurea-nepalensis? Did you agree for the id? Confused sir Does not matches with images at Saussurea nepalensis Spreng. & Saussurea taraxacifolia Wall. ex DC. as there are multiple heads in…