• Lamium maculatum (Switzerland)

    Lamium maculatum (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 809 1763. (syn: Lamium affine Guss. & Ten.; Lamium album var. maculatum L.; Lamium cardiaca Cogn.; Lamium columnae Ten.; Lamium cupreum Schott .; Lamium dilatatum Schur; Lamium elegantissimum Schur [Illegitimate]; Lamium foliosum Crantz; Lamium grandiflorum Willd. ex Benth. [Invalid]; Lamium grenieri Mutel; Lamium…

  • Plant at Namprikdam upper Dzongu

      Id assistance required : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify this plant photographed in North Sikkim, Namprikdam upper Dzongu, April -2015 More details are required.

  • Dorystaechas hastata (Cultivated- USA)

    Dorystaechas hastata Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth., Prodr. 12: 261 1848.;   Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae Fortnight: Lamiaceae-Dorystaechas hastata Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. from UCBG-GSMAY30/33 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Dorystaechas hastata Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth., a plant from Turkey photographed from University of California Botanical…

  • Dorystaechas

    Dorystaechas hastata Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.  

  • Red vented Bulbul on Arecaceae member

      SYMBIOSIS : 768 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Red vented Bulbul on the fruits of a Palm Species.

  • Pecteilis radiata (Upper Asia)

    Pecteilis radiata (Thunb.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 38 1837. (syn: Habenaria dianthoides Nevski; Habenaria radiata (Thunb.) Spreng.; Habenaria radiata var. dianthoides (Nevski) Vyschin; Hemihabenaria radiata (Thunb.) Finet; Orchis radiata Thunb.; Orchis susannae Thunb., nom. illeg.; Pecteilis dianthoides (Nevski) Garay & G.A.Romero; Plantaginorchis dianthoides (Nevski) Szlach.; Plantaginorchis radiata (Thunb.) Szlach., not validly publ.; Platanthera…

  • Id from Kerala (?)

          GKE 3 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) ID please…. Pl. give details about the place, date, habitat etc.     GKE 4 :  2 posts by 1 author. Identify please…. Pl. give details about the place, date, habitat etc.       

  • Derris species- near Dhaulgiri, Orissa

    help id : 2 posts by 2 authors. Pl. help identify this plant. Its a rock-climber seen near Dhaulgiri, Orissa. Very difficult to see the details with this picture. Pl. post larger size one with other pictures of the same plant if you have. Perhaps a Jasminum sp. Derris  …

  • 61st Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi

    61st Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi on 17th May,15 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Its summer time…….Jamun, water melons, mangoes have replaced all the other pleasures of life. Aam ras, Aam panna, Kokam juice, Bael Sharbat, Lassi and Chas dominate our refrigerators. On the other…

  • Coleus adenanthus

    Coleus adenanthus (Dalzell & A.Gibson) A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 13 (2019). (Syn: Anisochilus adenanthus Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay Fl.: 206 (1861).; Anisochilus verticillatus Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 629 (1885).); S. India as per WCSP; Common name: Erect White Lavender Shrubs, 1-2 m high; stem grooved, villous. Leaves to 7 x…

  • 51. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’15

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’15- more than 10,000 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 more than 2,22,000…

  • Pictures that signify spring

    Spring ABAPR01/31 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Today is the last day of April and I thought I will end the month with a set of pictures that signify spring. Hope you enjoy these. Most pictures are taken in the last 10 days or so. Ringed Argus on Berberis lycium…

  • Brownea grandiceps

    Brownea grandiceps Jacq. (syn: Brownea amplibracteata Pittier; Brownea araguensis Pittier; Brownea ariza Lindl. & Paxton; Hermesias grandiceps (Jacq.) Kuntze); Brownea grandiceps is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. Its common names include the rose of Venezuela and the scarlet flame bean. It originated in South America but is…

  • Tetrastigma sulcatum

    Tetrastigma sulcatum (P. Lawson) Gamble, Fl. Madras 229 1918. (syn: Vitis lanceolaria Wight (ambiguous synonym); Vitis sulcata P. Lawson); India (Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of life; Small climbers or creepers; stem thick, tuberculate. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acuminate, crenate-serrate, nerves 13-15 pairs; rachis 4…

  • Paraserianthes lophantha (Introduced)

    Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen (syn: Acacia lophantha Willd.; Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth.; Feuilleea distachya (Vent.) Kuntze; Mimosa distachya Vent.; Mimosa elegans Andrews; Mimosa lophantha (Willd.) Pers.; Mimosa lophantha Vent.;  Paraserianthes lophantha subsp. lophantha );   As per ILDIS, in other places & India (I): Tamil Nadu  Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C. Nielsen…

  • Paraserianthes

    Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen

  • Ixora notoniana

    Ixora notoniana Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 571 1834. (Syn: Ixora grandiflora Schltdl. ex Hook.f.; Ixora wightiana Wall. [Invalid]); Images by Anurag N Sharma (Id by Navendu Page) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)     Tamil: Kalilambili Malayalam: Iramburippi   Habit-…

  • Sharma Eklabya

        List of Publication       (1) Peer reviewed journal papers:     Molden, D and E. Sharma (2013) ICIMOD’s Strategy for Delivering High-quality Research and Achieving Impact for Sustainable Mountain Development. Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 33 (2): 179-183. Switzerland   Chettri, N., K. Uddin, S. Chaudhary…

  • Ficus rubiginosa (Introduced)

    Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent., Jard. Malmaison 144 1805. (Syn: Ficus australis Willd.; Ficus baileyana Domin; Ficus ferruginea Desf.; Ficus ferruginea Miq.; Ficus fulva Kunth & C.D.Bouché [Illegitimate]; Ficus leichhardtii (Miq.) Miq. ..; Ficus muelleri Miq.; Ficus novae-walliae Dum.Cours.; Ficus obliqua var. petiolaris (Benth.) Corner; Ficus platypoda var. leichhardtii (Miq.) R.J.F.Hend. ….; Ficus…