• Flacourtia rukam (Cultivated)

    Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java 33 1846. (syn: Flacourtia cataphracta Bl.; Flacourtia edulis Griff.; Flacourtia euphlebia Merrill; Flacourtia megaphylla Ridl.;  Flacourtia peninsularis Elmer ex Merr.; Flacourtia sulcata Elmer; Flacourtia sulcata Elmer);   China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, trop. Africa (introduced), Java, Moluccas, New Guinea, Fiji (introduced),…

  • Stachys oblongifolia

    Stachys oblongifolia Wall. ex Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 64 1830. (syn: Stachys imaii Nakai; Stachys modica Hance; Stachys oblongifolia var. oblongifolia ; Stachys palustris var. imaii (Nakai) Nakai; Stachys subargentea Hayata; Stachys tashiroi Hayata); Himalaya to Taiwan and W. Jawa as per WCSP;   ID of herb from Assam…

  • Begonia hybrids- Soureni, Mirik, India

      SK617 04 JUL-2017:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Location: Soureni, Mirik, India Date: 20 May 2017 Altitude: 4200 ft. Begonia ….???? Is it ornamental ? Does not matches with comparative images at Begonia Shot at a nursery! It is clearly a Begonia and looks probably to be…

  • Impatiens exilis

    Impatiens exilis Hook.f., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 13 1905. (Syn: Impatiens filicornu C. B. Cl. ex Hook. fil.; Impatiens formicarum Hook. fil.; Impatiens longicornu var. cristata Hook. fil.); Nepal, Bhutan, N-India (NE-India, Darjeeling), Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; SK614 03 JUL-2017:ID : 14 posts by 4 authors. Attachments…

  • Musa species- Assam

      Id for this Musa sp. Location: Assam. Date: 13.7.17 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 3 Mb each.   Attachments (2) – 1 Mb each. Without female flowers and fruits it is difficult to identify.

  • Coleus shoolamudianus

    Coleus shoolamudianus (Sunil & Naveen Kum.) Smitha & A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 97 (2019). (syn: Anisochilus shoolamudianus Sunil & Naveen Kum., Webbia 70: 217 (2015).); India (Kerala) as per WCSP; Image by Dr. C. N. Sunil   Fwd: identification of Anisochilus : 1 correct image as above. ………….  Here I am attaching…

  • Boeica filiformis

    Boeica filiformis C.B.Clarke, Commelyn. Cytrandr. Bengal. 118 1874. (syn: Chelone filiformis Buch.-Ham. ex C.B. Clarke; Chorizandra capillacea Griff. ex C.B. Clarke); . Common name: Thread-like Boeica . Southern Asia as per Catalogue of Life; . Gesneriaceae Herb for id from Assam..Rhynchotechum? : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) This…

  • Boeica

    Boeica arunachalensis D. Borah, R.Kr. Singh, M. Taram and A.P. Das   Boeica filiformis C.B.Clarke Boeica multinervia K.Y.Pan (China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO)  

  • Terminalia species ?- Bangladesh

      Tree ID from Bangladesh_SM_1016 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Terminalia sp?Habitat: Hill Forest  Pl. check with the comparative images at Terminalia  

  • Ajuga integrifolia ?

    Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. ?; . Lamiaceae (inc. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae-Ajuga bracteosa????? from Kashmir-GSMAY03/06 : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) This plant from Rocks of Harwan in Kashmir I had initially identified as Ajuga bracteosa but after seeing the description details and photographing actual A. bracteosa from Batote I am…

  • Lamiaceae member- Sindhudurg, Maharastra

        Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Anisochilus adenanthus :: Sindhudurg :: DVMAY02/02 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Anisochilus adenanthus Dalzell & A.Gibson at Sindhudurg on July 9, 2011  When are we going to see its flowers? I know you must be more keen get one soon. Yes…

  • Ajuga species ?- Karimba, Palakkad district, Kerala

    Images by Ajay Ramakrishnan (Id by Nidhan Singh & Umesh kumar Tiwari) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   Flower for ID – 181211 – AR – 02: Date/Time- 24-Nov-2011 12:01 PM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Karimba, Palakkad district, Kerala (close to Western Ghats)…

  • Fuchsia corymbiflora (Cultivated)

    Fuchsia corymbiflora Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 3: 87 1802. (syn: Fuchsia munzii J.F.Macbride; Fuchsia velutina I. M. Johnston); Common name: Vine Fuchsia, Peruvian Berrybush • Hindi: फ़्यूक्सिया fyooksia Costa Rica, Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Fuchsia corymbiflora Ruiz & Pav. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)…

  • Impatiens khasiana

    Impatiens khasiana Hook.f., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 27 1905.; Common name: Khasi Balsam NE-India (NE-India, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of Life; Re: Fwd: Impatiens sp for identification. Meghalaya, 25.6.17 : Attachments (2) Attachments (1) This plant looks like recently rediscovered I. khasiana. See: Odyuo N., Deori C., Gogoi…

  • BNHS camp to Valley of Flowers

    Fwd: BNHS camp to Valley of Flowers in July 2017 : 4 posts by 1 author. Greetings from BNHS! Yet again, it is that time of the year when the Valley of Flowers comes to  life with numerous flowers blossoming to make the landscape picturesque. A variety of birds can…

  • Ludwigia species- from a potting mix from China

      ID requires of Lidwigia sp : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly identifiy this Lidwigia sp. its germinated from a potting mix coming from China. what about its plant species Sir? is it Ludwigia octavalvis? Can not say. Pl. check with images under threads at Ludwigia octovalvis

  • Hypericaceae member ?- Chakrata, Uttarakhand

        December 2013:: NS 27:: Hypericum 1 for id from Chakrata.. : 4 posts by 2 authors. This is the smallest Hypericum I have seen so far.. Shot from near Chakrata.. id help required.. The plant appears to be Hypericum elodeoides Choisy Does not appear to be Hypericum elodeoides as…

  • 77. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’17

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’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 2,72,200 messages…

  • Prashant Awale

    The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) “The Book of Orchids:  A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world”  has been recently published by Kew. I am happy to inform you…

  • Request of Latin names vis-a-vis Khasi names

    Request of Latin names vis-a-vis Khasi names : 4 posts by 3 authors. Could anybody please give me Latin names of the following Khasi plant names. Bat jakold / Bat thyllieh miaw / Edible jasim = wild / Krai khlaw = bird seed / Ri-ran – shim. The only way…