Euphorbia memoralis R.A.Dyer, Fl. Pl. Africa 29: 1129 1952.; Euphorbia Species : Kenya : 11AUG16 : AK-12 : 12/12 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Seen during visit to Kenya in July. Known as the Candelabra Tree Euphorbia ingens or Euphorbia candelabrum? This appears to be Euphorbia memoralis R.A.Dyer, a…
Ziziphus incurva Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 364–365 1824. (syn: Ziziphus yunnanensis C.K. Schneid.); . China (Yunnan, S-Guizhou, Guangxi), SE-Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, N-India (Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand…
Requesting ID for the tree. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Please make ID for the tree flora for which photos are attached. Description: Habit: A medium sized tree found growing at an height of >2000msl, in Palani Hills, south Westernghats, Tamilnadu. Leaves: Long lanceolate with sharp pointed tip, glabrous &…
ID pls – MSC/01/08082016 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Recently I picked up 2 saplings of Combretum spp from a big nursery near Mumbai. The nursery guys told me that it was a new addition in their stock but could not give me the species…
Tecoma stans var. angustata ?; Tecoma Species For ID : Kenya : 19AUG16 : AK-18 : 18/18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Tecoma Species for id. Cultivated, garden plant seen in first week of July. Thanks, … Check with comparative images at Tecoma Appears close to…
Cortia depressa (D. Don) C. Norman, J. Bot. 75: 96 1937. (syn: Athamanta depressa D. Don; Cortia depressa (D. Don) Leute (ambiguous synonym); Cortia lindleyi Wall. ex DC.; Cortia nepalensis C. Norman; Daucus depressus (D. Don) Spreng.; Schulzia lindlei Wall.; Schulzia nepalensis (C. Norman) M. Hiroe); Images by Ritu Sharma…
Cortia depressa (D. Don) C. Norman (Images by Ritu Sharma (Id by Saroj Kumar Kasaju) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))
Ipomoea kituiensis Vatke, Linnaea 43: 511 1882. (syn: Ipomoea nyikensis Hallier f.; Ipomoea tambelensis Baker); . Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Convolvulaceae For ID : Argyreia Species? : Kenya : 11AUG16 : AK-09 : 09/09 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments…
Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Soland. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 140 1817. (syn: Diapedium verticillare (L. fil.) Kuntze; Dicliptera jussiaei Webb; Dicliptera verticillaris Juss.; Hypoestes antennifera S. Moore; Hypoestes aristata R. Br.; Hypoestes clinopodia E. Mey. ex Nees; Hypoestes insularis T. Anders.; Hypoestes plumosa E. Mey.; Hypoestes polymorpha E. Mey.;…
Saxifraga andersonii Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2a): 59 1890.; Nepal, Bhutan, S-Tibet, Sikkim as per Catalogue of life;
Dactylicapnos macrocapnos (Prain) Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 105 1921. (syn: Dicentra macrocapnos Prain); NW-India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal, Kumaon), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; Himalaya (Garhwal to Nepal) as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal ; India: Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (Garhwal Himalayas)…
Woody Shrub For ID : Nairobi,Kenya : 05AUG16 : AK-02 : 02/02 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Shrub seen with tiny white flowers on 3rd July,16. Very mild fragrance. Pl. check Jasminum species Thanks a lot for your quick response and the suggested Family. I have tried…
Arabis nova Vill., Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 39 1779. (syn: Arabis reverchonii Freyn; Arabis saxatilis All.; Turritis nova (Vill.) Chaix) ?; Images by Prashant Awale (Id suggestion by J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and…
Leptodermis kumaonensis R.Parker, Indian Forester 48: 576 1922.; . S. Tibet to Himalaya as per WCSP; . As per efi thread; Three species are given in Osmaston 1927 (A Forest Flora for Kumaon) as differentiated as: 1A. Corolla glabrous outside ……… L. lanceolata 1B. Corolla pubescent outside (minutely hairy)…………….. …
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st July’16- more than 11,000 species : 3 posts by 2 authors. 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 2,49,000 messages…
Begonia capensis L.f., Suppl. Pl. 502 1782. (syn: Begonia diptera Dryand.; Begonia humilis Ker Gawl.; Begonia tuberosa Lam. [Illegitimate]; Diploclinium tuberosum Miq. [Illegitimate]) ?; . Brazil as per WCSP . Flower ID Request (25-5-2011) : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I clicked this pic in Gangtok, Sikkim. Please…
Didymocarpus lineicapsa (C.E.C. Fischer) B.L. Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 187 1954. (Syn: Trisepalum lineicapsa C.E.C. Fischer); . MS July, 2016/04 Gesneriaceae for ID : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Tamdil, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 700 m. Date : 21/07/2016 Habit : Herb Habitat :…
TSP-JUL2016-15-415: Images of Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae) : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) It is my pleasure to present few images of Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae) Habit: Vine Habitat: Cultivated, found growing in an abandoned areca garden, proliferating into adjoining wild trees. Sighting: Vanagur, Sakaleshpur, Hassan, Karnataka, fringing evergreen forest, about 1000…
Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 681 1891. (syn: Josephia lanceolata Wight; Polystachya ramosa Gardner ex Thwaites): Images by tspkumar SW. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP Epiphytic stemless herbs. Leaves 13 x 3.5-4 cm, including 4-5 cm long; petiole, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, subacute at apex. Flowers white, in 20-25…
Salacia gambleana Whiting & Kaul (Syn: Salacia talbotii Gamble); . ANJUL06 Liana for identification : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Family: Celastraceae (?) Date: 24th July 2016 Place: Sagara, Shimoga District, Karnataka Habit: Liana Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Can this be a Salacia sp. possibly Salacia macrosperma Wight? I think…