• Strobilanthes glomerata

    Strobilanthes glomerata (Wall. ex Nees) T. Anders.,  J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (Syn: Goldfussia glomerata Wall. ex Nees; Ruellia glomerata Wall.; Ruellia nutans Steud.); . MS Sept.2016/07 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place : Saireptlang, Mizoram Altitude : c. 1,500 m….

  • Echinops cornigerus

    Echinops cornigerus DC., 525 1838. (syn: Echinops coriarius C.B.Clarke; Echinops polygraphus Czerniak.; Echinops polygraphus Tscherneva); Common name: Blue Globe Thistle • Hindi: Kandara, कंटेला Kantela • Ladakhi: ཨཀཟེམ Aczema Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Mandalay), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir, Jammu), India (C- to NW-Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistani…

  • Strobilanthes maculata

    Strobilanthes maculata (Wall. ex Nees) Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 190 1847.  (syn: Ruellia maculata Wall. ex Nees in Wall.; Sympagis maculata (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek.); Common name: Spotted Strobilanthes   MS Sept. 2016/09 Strobilanthes sp, for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Place : Sairep, MizoramAltitude :…

  • Stellaria himalayensis ?

    Stellaria himalayensis ?;   IDENTIFY this from HP : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) another flower from Himachal pradesh, TODAY (23.9.16) Looks like a Chickweed, likely a Stellaria sp. It would be easier if we had the leaves. Closest I can reach is Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar as per comparative images…

  • Crateva magna ?

    Crateva magna ?; . Capparaceae and Cleomaceae fortnight :: Crateva adansonii DC. near Khanapur :: DV08 :  5 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Crateva adansonii DC. along NH4A near Khanapur, Karnataka on 22 APR 11 Pl. check BSI (eFlora of India) with details & keys (Distribution). It may be some other…

  • 76th TAW- Sagar Upvan [akka B.P.T.Garden]

    76th TAW at BPT on Sunday 16th October at 7.30 a.m. : 1 post by 1 author. Forest days are over….now we move over to our city gardens. Our next walk is in Sagar   Upvan [akka B.P.T.Garden]  Sagar Upvan is a paradise in our concrete jungle. Once you enter it…

  • Gynura scandens (Kenya)

    Gynura scandens O.Hoffm., 416 1895. (syn: Crassocephalum auriformis S.Moore; Crassocephalum ruwenzoriensis S.Moore; Crassocephalum scandens (O.Hoffm.) Hiern; Gynura auriformis (S.Moore) S.Moore; Gynura brownii S.Moore; Gynura ruwenzoriensis (S.Moore) S.Moore; Gynura taylorii S.Moore; Senecio agathionanthes Muschl.; Senecio rutshuruensis De Wild.; Senecio seretii De Wild.; Senecio subalatipetiolatus De Wild.; Senecio variostipellatus De Wild.); Gynura…

  • Vachellia xanthophloea (Kenya)

    Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia xanthophloea Benth.); Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree (local East African names include olerai, kimwea, murera, and mwelele). This species of Vachellia is native…

  • Vachellia drepanolobium (Kenya)

    Vachellia drepanolobium (Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt); Vachellia drepanolobium (syn. Acacia drepanolobium), commonly known as Whistling Thorn (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn vachellia native to East Africa.[2] The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight…

  • Chenopodium karoi

    Chenopodium karoi (Murr) Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 149 1929. (Syn: Chenopodium album subsp. karoi Murr; Chenopodium prostratum Bunge ex Herder [Illegitimate]; Chenopodium prostratum subsp. karoi (Murr) Lomon.);   ID request-051011-PKA3: 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Small Herb from “Tsomoreri lake wetland, Ladakh”.Date/Time: 13-09-2011 / 05:00PMLocation:…

  • Naravelia or Clematis ?- Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

      Please identify these plants 270916AS2 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Some high school students came to me with many medicinal plants generally used in local medicines. They are given a project by the school on the said topic. out of the plants i have problem in correctly identifying…

  • Euphrasia species- near Malpa village on Kailas Manasarovar Route

      Kailas Manasarovar Route::Wild Flower for ID NSJ-SEP 16/18 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Wild flower for ID. Located near Malpa village. Height approx 10000 feet. Aug 16. Look like Euphrasia.. Euphrasia species so far in efloraofindia Do you have any other images ? Thank You Sir. Unfortunately…

  • Nepeta bombaiensis

    Nepeta bombaiensis Dalzell, Bombay Fl. 209 1861. (syn: Glechoma bombaiensis (Dalzell) Kuntze); Lamiaceae week Nepeta bombayensis images from Nasik for sharing and validation : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Nepeta bombayensis images from Nasik for sharing and validation, please validate We do not have any posting of Nepeta…

  • Gentianaceae member ?- Near Mcleodganj, HP- Seedling ?

        Plant for ID ABSEP2016/49 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. I found this today growing next to a rock on the mountain path. It reminded me a little of Euphorbia. I am not sure what it is. Please help identify it. Near Mcleodganj, HP 1800m approx….

  • Cystacanthus

    Cystacanthus vitellinus (Roxb.) Y.F. Deng

  • Stellaria alsine ?

    Stellaria alsine Grimm (syn: Stellaria uliginosa Murray) ? . Herb for ID from Valley of flower : 14 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Pic was taken in the month of June Interesting Caryophyllaceae member. Are you able to see bifid/ bipartite petals in flower? If yes it is Stellaria. However, leaves do not resemble to…