• Heynea trijuga ?

    Heynea trijuga Roxb. (syn: Trichilia connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Bentvelzen) ? . Tree from Bangladesh SM034 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Tree Habitat : Hill forest Fruiting: May Location : Kaptai NP,Chittagong Hill tracts Chukrasia sp. Meliaceae Trichilia connaroides I guess the ID by … is correct…

  • Ocotea lancifolia

    Ocotea lancifolia (Schott) Mez, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 254 1889. (Syn: Laurus lanceolaria Roxb.; Nectandra stenophylla Meisn.; Ocotea angustifolia (Schott) Mez [Illegitimate]; Ocotea gracilipes Mez; Ocotea lanceolata (Nees) Nees [Illegitimate]; Ocotea lanceolata var. gracilipes Hassl.; Ocotea lanceolata f. latifolia Hassl.; Ocotea ligustrina Nees; Ocotea martiana (Meisn.) Mez; Ocotea…

  • Ocotea

    Ocotea lancifolia (Schott) Mez    

  • Fibrous plants of India, Odisha for making cloths

        fibrous plants of India, Odisha for making cloths : 6 posts by 3 authors. I am researching the fibrous plants of Odisha and Central Indian provinces (special attention), but also rest of India for a research project on cloths made from the fibrous plants. Would appreciate if anybody…

  • Primula minutissima

    Primula minutissima Jacquem. ex Duby, Prodr. 8: 42 1844. (syn: Primula heydei Watt); . W. Himalaya to W. Tibet and W. Nepal as per POWO; . Common name: Heyde’s Primrose . Plumbaginaceae, Primulaceae & Myrsinaceae Fortnight 1-14June2014: Primula minutissima from Uttarakhand_DSR_1 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Primula minutissima Jacq….

  • Primula meadia (USA)

    Primula meadia (L.) A. R. Mast & Reveal, Brittonia 59:81. 2007 (syn: ≡) Dodecatheon meadia L. (basionym));           Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Primula meadia from California-GSJUN22 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Primula meadia (L.) A. R. Mast & Reveal syn: Dodecantheon meadia L….

  • Primula florindae (USA- Cultivated)

    Primula florindae Kingdon-Ward, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(72): 84–85 1926. ;   Primula florindae (common names Tibetan cowslip, giant cowslip)) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to southeastern Tibet, where it grows in huge numbers close to rivers like the Tsangpo. It is a…

  • Plant Discoveries 2013

        Plant Discoveries 2013 [1 Attachment] : 1 post by 1 author. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released bilingual publication of Botanical Survey of India entitled “ Plant Discoveries 2013” during world environment day function at New…

  • Brassica juncea ?

    Herb ID from Bangladesh SM061 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka City Seems to be some wild/ feral brassicaceae! May be Brassica juncea . Id assistance: 1 high res. image. I need id assistance for attached taxon of Cruciferae Locality: Happy valley, Darjeeling…

  • Pterospermum diversifolium

    Pterospermum diversifolium Blume, Bijdr. 88 1825. (syn; Dombeya diversifolia Spreng.; Pterospermadendron diversifolium Kuntze (Unresolved);                                Pterospermum glabrescens Wt. & Arn.); India: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India;   Tamil: Vattapolavu Malayalam: Pambaram, Malavuram   Habit- Trees up to 20 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark brown, smooth; blaze…

  • Tree with prominent red bark

          Tree For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 040614 : AK-6 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Tree with prominent red bark, which had been peeled by Elephants. Id please.        

  • Cuscuta species- Delhi

          Cuscuta reflexa – 08062014PC2 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). This Cuscuta species (probably C. reflexa) has thicker stem as compared to the flowering species posted in my earlier mail (PC1). Found all over Delhi. I have never seen it flower in Delhi. Appears to…

  • Myrsine australis (USA)

    Myrsine australis (A. Rich.) Allan, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 76: 596 1947. ;   Myrsine australis, commonly known as Red Matipo or Mapou[1] is a species of shrub within the family Myrsinaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand and found throughout the country and offshore islands.[2]  It…

  • Myrsine semiserrata

    Myrsine semiserrata Wall., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 293–295 1824. (Syn: Celastrus cavaleriei H. Lév.; Celastrus seguinii H. Lév.; Myrsine acuminata Royle; Myrsine khasyana Kurz; Myrsine semiserrata var. brachypoda Z. Y. Zhu; Myrsine sessilis D. Don; Myrsine subspinosa D. Don; Samara sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Samara subspinosa Buch.-Ham.);  .  China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet,…

  • Cassytha filiformis ?

    Cassytha filiformis ?;        Plant ID from Bangladesh SM049 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Climbing on shrub (green body looks like psilotum pteridophyt)Habitat: Hill forest along the stream Location: Chittagong Hill Tract Cassytha filiformis L.?      

  • Clematis cadmia

    Clematis cadmia Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 2 1872. (Syn: Clematis bracteata (Roxb.) Kurz [Illegitimate]; Clematis bracteata var. leptomera (Hance) Kuntze; Clematis cadmia var. leptomera (Hance) W.T.Wang; Clematis leptomera Hance; Clematis stronachii Hance; Clematis sulcata Wall. [Invalid]; Thalictrum bracteatum Roxb.);  India (Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur),…

  • Amorphophallus margaritifer

    Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 34 1837. (Syn: Arum margaritiferum Roxb.; Plesmonium dubium Schott; Plesmonium margaritiferum (Roxb.) Schott; Plesmonium margaritiferum f. minor Engl.); , Images by Sourav Mahmud (Id by Wilbert Hetterscheid & Pascal Bruggeman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Herb…

  • Barleria species- HOST PLANT FOR PANSY BUTTERFLIES

          BARLERIA : HOST PLANT FOR PANSY BUTTERFLIES. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6). Few days back I saw few full grown caterpillars on a Barleria Sp. Krushnamegh Kunte’s book BUTTERFLIES OF PENINSULAR INDIA helped me zero on the species of butterfly to emerge. As per…

  • 51st Tree Appreciation Walk at Godrej Mangrove Centre, Vikhroli

        51st Tree Appreciation Walk at Godrej Mangrove Centre, Vikhroli on 14th June,14 at 9 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, Our 50th Mangrove Walk was one of the most physically challenging and emotionally inspiring Walk as we all discussed and understood the Joys & Perils…

  • Primula veris (Introduced- USA)

    Primula veris L., Sp. Pl. 142 1753. (syn: Primula brandisii Wiesb.;  Primula cordifolia Schur; Primula coronaria Salisb.; Primula discolor Schur; Primula inflata Lehm.; Primula montana Reut. ex Nym.; Primula odorata Gilib.; Primula officinalis Hill; Primula pannonica A. Kerner; Primula pistillaris Hoffmgg.; Primula pyrenaica Miegev.; Primula thomasinii Gren. & Godr.; Primula…