• Assam- pods of a shrub/ climber ?

    Fwd: Derris indica ? from Assam : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). Kindly see if these plants could be identified. Fruits definitely are not of Derris indica (LAM.) BENNET = Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi Not D. indica !

  • Areca species- Bot. Garden, Kolkata

    IBG today : Arecaceae : unknown04 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5). This may be the same Areca as in efi thread. Areca guppyana Becc.? Looks like an Areca I accept it as Areca sp. only, as suggested by … Someday, I may get its fruit or flower picture…

  • Araceae member- Chakrata

          Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Month: Araceae-For id from Chakrata :: NS Aug 20 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). This one was shot from Chakrata last year, please help in id.. Could you show us the leaves please. Is it Aglaonema? Thanks … for inputs…..

  • Alocasia ‘Calidora’

    Alocasia ‘Calidora’ (syn: Alocasia x calidora) as per Dave’s Garden;   Persian Palm, Giant Elephant Ear, Calidora        Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Araceae :: ID Request :: Mumbai :: ARKAUG-71 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured…

  • Ophiorrhiza trichocarpa

    Ophiorrhiza trichocarpon Blume, Bijdr. 977. 1826; DC., Prodr.4: 416. 1830; G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. Bot. 3: 522. 1834; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 78. 1880; Deb & Mondal, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 39: 131. 1997. Type: Java, Linga Jattie and Kambanga Island in shady places, 1823, Blume s.n., Holotype…

  • Amorphophallus species- Saputara

    Araceae For ID : Way to Saputara : 030914 : AK-1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Araceae, most probably Arisaema Species seen on way from Nasik to Saputara on 7/8/13. Id please. Arisaema It may be Amorphophalus sp? Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson ! I think it is difficult…

  • Croton malabaricus

    Croton malabaricus Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 204 1873. (syn; Oxydectes malabarica (Bedd.) Kuntze); Habit- Trees up to 18 m tall. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets terete, stellate scaly. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules linear, caducous; petiole 3-11 cm long, terete, stellate scaly; lamina 7.5-15.5 x 3.8-10.5 cm, broadly-elliptic to…

  • Balanites roxburghii

    Balanites roxburghii Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 2: 258 1854. (syn: Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze; Balanites aegyptiaca var. indica Voigt; Balanites aegyptiaca var. roxburghii (Planch.) Duthie; Balanites indica Tiegh.; Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh.; Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks.; Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle); . India as per POWO; . .   As per…

  • Ulva paschima

    Ulva paschima BAST, F., JOHN, A.A. AND BHUSHAN, S. 2014. ;       New plant species : 5 posts by 5 authors. Other recipients: I’ve recently published a new algal species- surprisingly a large macroscopic seaweed species abundantly distributed along Indian West Coast, that might be interesting to some ecologists here….

  • Phoenix species- Mahakali Udyan, Mumbai

          Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: ID Request – Palm :: Mumbai, Mahakali Udyan :: ARKAUG-64 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Mahakali Udyan, Mumbai in March 2014. A species of Phoenix, not…

  • Phoenix species- Hiranandani Powai

          Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: ID Request – Palm :: Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens :: ARKAUG-58 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens in January 2013. Looks like a…

  • Alocasia decipiens

    Alocasia decipiens Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 28 1859. (syn: Arum fornicatum Wight [Illegitimate]); Images by Prashant Awale – identified by Sivanthi Murugan & validated by E S Santhosh Kumar (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)     Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Araceae-:: Schismatoglottis moodii ?? from Andaman :: PKA9: 5 posts…

  • Oenocarpus bacaba (Cultivated)

    Oenocarpus bacaba Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 24 1823. (syn: Areca bacaba Arruda [Invalid]; Oenocarpus bacaba var. bacaba ; Oenocarpus bacaba var. grandis (Burret) Wess.Boer; Oenocarpus bacaba var. xanthocarpa Trail; Oenocarpus baccata Cuervo Marquez; Oenocarpus grandis Burret; Oenocarpus hoppii Burret); Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by John Dransfield) (Inserted…