• Premna milleflora

    Premna milleflora C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 576 1885. (syn: Gumira milleflora (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze); Tree about 60-80 ft tall, trunk about 7 ft girth. Bark greenish grey, blaze light, dun mottled with evenly distributed coarse strands of dark brown. Branchlets subtere or obtusely quadrangular, young parts pubescent, glabrous when mature….

  • Pyrenacantha malvifolia (Kenya)

    Pyrenacantha malvifolia Engl., Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1 18: 268 1893. (syn: Pyrenacantha globosa Engl.; Pyrenacantha ruspolii Engl.; Trematosperma cordatum Urb.); . E. & S. Ethiopia to NE. Tanzania: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania as per POWO; . Plant For ID : Kenya : 17OCT16 : AK-26 : 3 posts by…

  • Rubia cordifolia ?- Kenya

    Plant For ID : Kenya : 17OCT16 : AK-24 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Plant, possibly a climber, seen growing wild in the forest. Couldn’t get closer and the early morning light was low. Rubia species. I guess Rubia cordifolia L. !

  • Phytodiversity of Mankulam Forest Division, Munnar, Kerala

    Phytodiversity of Mankulam Forest Division, Munnar, Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 MB  – Phytodiversity of Mankulam Forest Division, Kerala.pdf Please find the attached pdf file. Thanks a lot, …  Wonderful images.  How many plants are listed here ?

  • Coelogyne nitida ?

    Coelogyne nitida ?; .   MS Oct.2016/37 Coelogyne nitida : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Tawi WLS, Mizoram Altitude : 1400 – 1,800 m. Date : 26-10-2007 Habit : Epiphytic or lithophytic herb Habitat : Wild Yes Coelogyne nitida. thanks a lot for sharing. Sorry !!…

  • Gmelina arborea ?

    . Tree For ID : 24OCT16 : AK-30 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) These pictures are not taken by me. They have been sent by a friend from Rajpipla in Gujarat. The leaves look like those of Gmelina arborea to me. Would appreciate expert opinion. Yes it’s…

  • Pelargonium graveolens ?

    Pelargonium graveolens ?; . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: DV05 :: 17 NOV 11 13:12 :: Geraniaceae » Pelargonium graveolens in Ooty: (4 images). Geraniaceae Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér. pe-lar-GO-nee-um — from the Greek for stork – referring to the seed heads … Dave’s Botanary grav-ee-OH-lens — heavy scented, unpleasant…

  • Impatiens monticola

    Impatiens monticola Hook. f., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 4, 10: 257 1908. ; . Common name: Mountain Balsam . MS Oct. 2016/13 Impatiens sp. for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Kepran, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,200 m. Date : 05/11/2015 Habit :…

  • Tilia species- Bratislava castle, Slovakia

    Tree for ID :: Bratislava :: EU_ARKOCT44 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) This tree too was seen in the grounds of the Bratislava castle, Slovakia in May 2016. Requested to please provide ID. Tilia spp. A possible ID provided on an FB group is Tilia tomentosa Tilia…

  • Luffa graveolens

    Luffa graveolens Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 716 1832.;     Luffa graveolens Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) from Pantnagar : DSR_Oct. 2016_3/3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. This cucurbit was seen along cultivated fields in Pantnagar area. Identified as Luffa graveolens Roxb., it also resemble to L. saccata, a new…

  • Cuphea procumbens (Introduced)

    Cuphea procumbens Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 17 1797. (syn: Cuphea bilimekii Koehne; Cuphea erecta Hoffmanns.; Cuphea palustris Hemsl.; Cuphea procumbens Cav.; Cuphea purpurea hort. ex Lem.; Parsonsia bilimekii (Koehne) Standl.; Parsonsia procumbens (Cav.) A. A. Heller); C. America, naturalised around Kathmandu as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of…

  • Myosotis species- Darjeeling botanical garden

    Androsace sarementosa for validation:  Androsace sarementosa perhaps, family primulaceae growing wild in the darjeeling botanical garden and elsewhere in the town photographed in the first week of april I hope a member of Boragnaceae, perhaps Myosotis sp. I do not know either of these two genera. However, i give my search…

  • Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?

    Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?   please id the tree:  it is medium sized tree with trifolite leaves. picture of fruits are attached. tree is near to sea on paddy field. location is Alibag/raigad/maharashtra. please help to id These may be floral galls (not fruits) on Crateva species. Crataeva tapia…

  • Strobilanthes capitata

    Strobilanthes capitata (Nees) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (syn: Goldfussia capitata Nees); . Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal as per Flora of China; . Much-branched undershrub, 0.5-1.5m, often leafless when in flower. Stems decumbent or ascending, glabrescent below, thinly pilose above. Leaves unequal, (Lanceolate-) broadly elliptic…

  • Myosotis scorpioides

    Myosotis scorpioides L., Sp. Pl. 131 1753. (syn: Echioides palustris (Hill) Moench; Echioides perennis (Moench) Moench; Myosotis adpressa Stokes; Myosotis aspera LaMotte; Myosotis coronaria Dum.; Myosotis dumortieri Thielens; Myosotis geniculata Schur; Myosotis montana Pourr. ex Steud.; Myosotis multiflora Mérat; Myosotis nemorosa Bess.; Myosotis palustris Hill; Myosotis perennis Moench; Myosotis scorpioides…

  • Tripterygium wilfordii

    Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. fil., Gen. Pl. 1: 368 1862. (syn: Tripterygium bullockii Hance; Tripterygium forrestii Loes.; Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H. Lév.) Hutchinson ; Tripterygium regelii Sprague & Takeda ; Tripterygium regelii var. occidentale T. Yamazaki; Tripterygium wilfordii var. regelii (Sprague & Takeda) Makino); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,…

  • Sonerila grandiflora

    Sonerila grandiflora R. Br., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4099 1831. (syn: Cassebeeria grandiflora (R. Br. ex Wall.) Kuntze);     Sonerila from south : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) ID please This sonerila from southern western ghats  Dated 25 sept 2009 Thanks, … Nice images. Pl. check comparative images at…