• Begonia capensis (Cultivated) ?

    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

    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 :…

  • Vanilla species- Vanagur, Sakaleshpur, Hassan, Karnataka

    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

    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

    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…

  • Fast growing flowering creepers and unusual fragrant flowering trees

    Suggestions for fast growing flowering creepers and unusual fragrant flowering trees. : 11 posts by 5 authors. Hello fellow tree lovers, I have a house in Lucknow which has a bare wall of almost 20 feet length and 40 feet height. Could anyone suggest fast growing perrenial flowering creepers. Bougainvillea,…

  • July’16

    Members who inserted images at efi site in July’2016 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members mainly inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: TSP Kumar- around 38 pages Gurcharan Singh- around 26 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 25 pages Species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this…

  • How to cite efloraofindia in scientific publications

    Fwd: How to cite efloraofindia in scientific publications : 41 posts by 6 authors. eFI has grown to a big database which can be cited in scientific publications. On this what I found at the Home page is: Due credits/ attributions/ citation are to be given as below: “Efloraofindia (2007-2016)…

  • Epilobium canum (USA)

    Epilobium canum (Greene) P.H.Raven, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63: 335 1976 publ. 1977 (syn: Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium (Keck) P.H.Raven; Epilobium canum subsp. canum ; Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii (A.Nelson) P.H.Raven; Epilobium canum var. garrettii (A.Nelson) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren; Epilobium canum subsp. mexicanum (C.Presl) P.H.Raven; Zauschneria californica var. mexicana (C….

  • Taxillus cuneatus

    Taxillus cuneatus (Heyne) Danser (syn: Dendrophthoe cuneata (Heyne) G. Don; Locella cuneata (Heyne) van Tiegh.; Locella goodeniifolia Van Tiegh.; Locella lobeliifolia (DC.) van Tiegh.; Loranthus cuneatus Heyne; Loranthus goodeniiflorus (DC.) DC.; Loranthus lobeliiflorus DC.; Loranthus montanus Wight; Loranthus viscifolius Wight; Scurrula goodeniifolia (DC.) G. Don; Scurrula lobeliiflora (DC.) G. Don);…

  • How trees talk to each other

    How trees talk to each other : 5 posts by 4 authors. http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other# Thanks for sharing. … Luckily I had learnt and taught something similar to my students under Mutualism and Proto-cooperation. ok. underground mycelial networks is studied by many. nat geo repoted these time and again. thanks makes an…

  • Buglossoides

      Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

  • Euploca ovalifolia ?

    Euploca ovalifolia ?;   Heliotropium For ID : Nasik : 11AUG15 : AK-22 : 22/22 : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Pictures taken on 11th July,15. A very small herb near the Gangapur Lake. most likely Heliotropium supinum Yes It looks like Heliotropium supinum It is Heliotropium supinum only….

  • Geranium polyanthes

    Geranium polyanthes Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 431 1874.; Common name: Many-Flower Geranium India: E. & W. Himalayas. Kumaon and Sikkim; Bhutan and S. Tibet (as per BSI Flora of India)   Geranium polyanthes ??? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)  Sharing some pictures of G. polyanthes…

  • Aphragmus hobsonii

    Aphragmus hobsonii (H. Pearson) Al-Shehbaz & S.I. Warwick (Syn: Cochlearia hobsonii H. Pearson; Lignariella hobsonii (H. Pearson) Baehni); erect or suberect annual herbs, about 5-20 cm tall. Stem simple or branched from the base, glabrous or slightly glandular pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, rosulate, ovate to oblong, about 4-8 x 2.5-5…

  • Phytolacca dioica (Introduced)

    Phytolacca dioica L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 632 1762. (syn: Phytolacca arborea Hort. ex Moq.; Phytolacca dioica var. ovatifolia Chodat; Phytolacca populifolia Salisb.; Phytolacca weberbaueri H. Walter; Pircunia dioica (L.) Moq.; Sarcoca dioica (L.) Raf.); . Colombia to Brazil and N. Argentina as per POWO; . Colombia (Antioquia, Quindo, Risaralda, Tolima), Argentina (Buenos…

  • Bulbophyllum proudlockii ?

    Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_19072016 PK1 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Date/Time-:17/07/16   –    09:30   Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs   Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Epiphytic herb   Length- 4-6cm Bulbophyllum mysorense ?……….

  • Valley of Flowers in August

    Valley of Flowers in August : 3 posts by 2 authors. Friends, I am scheduled to visit Valley of flowers, uttarakhand, next month with four friends of mine. I have sought logistical help from one of my known resources in the state. Though landslides and cloudbursts are common in the…

  • Solena umbellata

    Solena umbellata (Willd.) W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes, Blumea 49(1): 77. 2004. (syn: Bryonia umbellata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4(1): 618. 1805; Momordica umbellata (Willd.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 79. 1832.; Karivia umbellata (Willd.) Arn., J. Bot. 3: 275. 1841.; Zehneria umbellata (Willd.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 2: 125. 1859.; Type:…