• Plants seen at Champadevi, Nepal

    Champadevi : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) plant names date Symplocos glomerata King ex C. B. Cl. 12 Nov 2016 / 6000 ft. Eurya cerasifolia (D. Don) Kobuski 12 Nov 2016 / 6000 ft. Aster ageratoides subsp. alato-petiolata Kitam. 12 Nov 2016 / 6000 ft. Craniotome furcata (Link) Kuntze 12 Nov 2016 /…

  • Barbarea intermedia ?

    SK660 20 JUL-2017:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9) Location: Kagbeni, Mustang, Nepal Date: 9 April  2017 Altitude: 10000 ft. No flowers yet ! Asteraceae member?  Pl. try to check comparative images at ‎Cichorieae under Asteraceae. May not be Asteraceae… Good chances of this being from Brassicaceae..!! Pl. check…

  • Viola bulbosa subsp. tuberifera

    Viola bulbosa subsp. tuberifera (Franch.) W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 418–419 1917. (syn: Viola bulbosa var. franchetii H.Boissieu; Viola hookeri Franch. (ambiguous synonym); Viola multistolonifera Ching J.Wang; Viola tuberifera Franch.; Viola tuberifera var. brevipedicellata S.Y.Chen; Viola tuberifera var. pseudopalustris H.Lév.);     China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India (Himachal…

  • Tricyrtis

    Tricyrtis maculata (D.Don) J.F.Macbr.  

  • Ceropegia pubescens

    Ceropegia pubescens Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 81 1831. (syn: Ceropegia tsaiana Tsiang); . Common name: Yellow Himalayan Ceropegia • Nepali: बन सिमि Ban Semi . China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India (NE-India, temperate Himalayas, Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life; . Ceropegia pubescens Wall. :…

  • Ephedra gerardiana ?

    Ephedra gerardiana ?;   SK649 15 JUL-2017:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Chhoser, Upper Mustang, Nepal  Date: 9 April 2017 2017 Altitude: 12000 ft.  Ephedra … which one ??? I hope you have checked with comparative images in efi site.  I had ! Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex…

  • Apocynaceae member- Kannur District of Kerala

      ID KANNUR 27- 1 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Please identify this climber of Asclepiadaceae from Kannur District of Kerala. Tough.  I will stop short at apocynaceae Pl. check with comparative images at ‎Apocynaceae Hemidesmus indicus   Looks different from images at Hemidesmus indicus

  • Helicia robusta

    Helicia robusta (Roxb.) R. Br. ex Wall. (Syn: Helicia castaneifolia Meissn.; Helicia cumingiana C.Presl; Helicia glabrata Meissn.; Helicia javanica Bl.; Helicia macrophylla Wall.; Helicia oligophlebia Merrill; Helicia philippinensis Meissn.; Helicia robusta (Roxb.) Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Helicia travancorica Bedd. ex Hook. fil.; Helittophyllum javanicum Bl.; Roupala glabrata Wall.; Roupala javanica Steud.;…

  • Plantago species- Ghiling, Upper Mustang, Nepal

    SK65015 JUL-2017:ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Ghiling, Upper Mustang, Nepal  Date: 9 April 2017 2017 Altitude: 12000 ft.  Not yet flowering. Giving a try ! Could it be germinating bulbils of Agave? No, this is not Agave. I think some Plantago species. Plantago himalaica ?? I think it…

  • Benkara malabarica

    Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng., Taxon 32: 440 1983. (syn: Benkara galia Raf. [Illegitimate]; Benkara pandacakai (J.F.Gmel.) M.R.Almeida; Canthium recurvum Wall. [Invalid]; Catunaregam malabarica (Lam.) Sivar.; Gardenia fragrans Roxb.; Gardenia pandacakai J.F.Gmel.; Griffithia fragrans (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Oxyceros malabaricus (Lam.) Tirveng.; Posoqueria fragrans (Roxb.) J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Randia fragrans (Roxb.) Bedd.; Randia malabarica Lam.; Stylocoryna malabarica DC. [Illegitimate]; Stylocoryna pandaki DC. [Illegitimate]; Stylocoryna rheedei Kostel. [Illegitimate]; Xeromphis malabarica (Lam.) D.C.S.Raju); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; . Habit- Small trees Trunk\bark- Trunk with short simple or branched thorns; bark grey, lenticellate; blaze yellowish. Branchlets- Young branchlets subterete,…

  • Sacred Plants of India, Nanditha Krishna

    Sacred Plants of India, Nanditha Krishna : Hindi version available? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Is there any hindi version available for this book, if yes where and how to get it? Sacred Plants of India, Nanditha Krishna Excellent book!!!!! I am not aware of this.  I do not…

  • Rosa hybrids- Chowrasta, Darjeeling, West Bengal

    SK634 10 JUL-2017:ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Chowrasta, Darjeeling, India Date: 21 May  2017 Altitude: 7000 ft. Rosa…??? Yes. Specific ID ? Pl. check with species in efi so far at Rosa I did check but no matching. Than it may be a hybrid.

  • …, you have a high-performing post

    Fwd: Gurcharan, you have a high-performing post : 20 posts by 4 authors. Your post is performing better than 65% of other posts on the Page. — Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ 121 families with names starting from A to H are now with images. It is nice to…

  • Bistorta species- Khaptad meadow of western Nepal

    Bistorta specis in Khaptad meadow of western Nepal : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I recently saw this photograph published in a Nepali newsportal, Setopati.com. It is allegedly taken in Khaptad in the Himalayan region. I believe it’s a Bistorta species. I would say it could be Bistorta…

  • Lilium hybrids- Soureni, Mirik, India

      SK618 05 JUL-2017:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Soureni, Mirik, India Date: 20 May 2017 Altitude: 4500 ft.  Cultivated. I think Asiatic Lily… Lilium asiaticum !! Thank you … Lilium asiaticum Asiatic Lily. Several sites give botanical name as Lilium asiatica. But I could not find any…

  • Tacca integrifolia

    Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 36: t. 1488 1812. (syn: Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) Kunth; Ataccia cristata (Jack) Kunth; Ataccia integrifolia (Ker Gawl.) C.Presl; Ataccia laevis (Roxb.) Kunth; Ataccia lancifolia (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kunth; Tacca aspera Roxb.; Tacca choudhuriana Deb; Tacca cristata Jack; Tacca laevis Roxb.; Tacca lancifolia Zoll. &…

  • Cyperaceae member- Kannur, Kerala

      ID KANNUR 34 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify this Cyperaceae member from the Paddy field of Kannur District of Kerala. Sorry for the low quality of picture Better image is required for id.

  • Blumea balsamifera

    Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC., Prodr. 5 447 1836. (syn: Baccharis balsamifera Stokes; Baccharis salvia Lour.; Blumea balsamifera var. balsamifera ; Blumea balsamifera var. microcephala Kitam.; Blumea zollingeriana (Turcz. / Sch. Bip.) C.B.Clarke; Conyza appendiculata Blume; Conyza balsamifera L.; Conyza saxatilis Zoll. ex C.B.Clarke; Conyza vestita Wall.; Placus balsamifer (L.) Baill.;…

  • Clerodendrum species ?- Soureni, Mirik, West Bengal

        SK578 18 JUN-2017:ID : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Soureni, Mirik, India Date: 20 May 2017 Altitude: 4200 ft.  Cultivated?  It was on roadside so could be cultivated ! Looks like some cultivated variety of Clerodendrum… Euphorbiaceae ??? As someone suggested could it be Daphne sp.? …