• Corchorus aestuans ?

    Corchorus aestuans L. ?; . “For Id 090614CS1” : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). It is a variety of green leafy vegetable consumed by the Oraon community of District Gumla, Jharkhand”. Date/ Time of sample collection- 13/03/2013. 23. 46’17.99” N,   86.13’55.24” E, elevation 222m, eye altitude 1.37 km. Location- Village Nawagarh, District…

  • Verbascum thapsus ?

    Verbascum thapsus ?;     Wild Plant For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 070614 : AK-17 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Other recipients: A small wild plant seen deep inside the forest area on 18/5/14.No flowers.Aarti A small wild plant seen deep inside the forest area on 18/5/14. No…

  • Extending botanical knowledge to rural India

        Re: Extending botanical knowledge to rural India (Alirajpur pilot) : 4 posts by 3 authors. we are documenting the botanical wealth in our villages in Alirajpur. most of the flora that have been documented by the village people have Bhili names and only a few have Hindi names….

  • Tecoma stans var. angustata

    Tecoma stans var. angustata Rehder, Mitteil. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1915: 227 (1915);    As per efi thread: In Tecoma stans var. angustata Rehd. (syn: T. incisum (Rose & Standl. ex Woot. & Standl.) I. M. Johnston: leaflets narrow, incised-toothed. Tecoma Species For ID : Garden Of Five Senses,Delhi : 100614 :…

  • Cuscuta species- Bangladesh

          Cuscuta ID from Bangladesh SM077 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Close up of flowers will help in Id.        

  • Tree from Bangladesh

    Tree ID from Bangladesh SM075 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Habit- Tree Habitat : garden Very difficult to see any details from this small size picture with a distant shot.

  • Diplopterygium giganteum

    Diplopterygium giganteum (Wall. ex Hook.) Nakai ex Bauer,  Bulletin of the National Science Museum 29: 50. 1950. (Syn: Dicranopteris gigantea (Wall. ex Hook.) Underw.; Diplopterygium criticum (Ching & Chiu) Ching ex X.C.Zhang ; Diplopterygium maximum (Ching) Ching & H.S.Kung ; Diplopterygium simulans (Ching) Ching ex X.C.Zhang ; Diplopterygium yunnanense (Ching) Ching ex X.C.Zhang ; Gleichenia gigantea Wall. ex Hook.; Hicriopteris…

  • Migrant birds may be virtual dispersal highways for plants

        Fwd: Tiny plants ride on the coattails of migratory birds: Migrant birds may be virtual dispersal highways for plants : 1 post by 1 author. New information about the role of migratory birds influencing plant distribution comes from evidence of them carrying microscopic bits of plants (bryophyte diaspores)….

  • Common Baron butterfly on Arecaceae member

          SYMBIOSIS :604 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Common Baron butterfly on the flowers of a Palm Sp.        

  • Palaquium polyanthum

    Palaquium polyanthum (Wall. ex G.Don) Baill., Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 1500 1884. (Syn: Bassia polyantha Wall. ex G.Don; Dichopsis polyantha (Wall. ex G.Don) Benth.; Isonandra polyantha (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz);    Assam to Indo-China; Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam as per POWO;     Tree from Bangladesh SM033 : 14 posts by…

  • Palaquium

    Palaquium polyanthum (Wall. ex G.Don) Baill. (Assam to Indo-China; Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam as per POWO)   Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: Palaquium bourdillonii (Kerala) Palaquium ellipticum (Karnataka and Kerala) Palaquium ravii (Kerala)

  • Aniseia martinicensis

    Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8(1): 66 1838. (Syn: Aniseia emarginata (Vahl) Hassk.; Aniseia ensifolia Choisy; Aniseia salicifolia (Desr.) Choisy; Aniseia uniflora (Burm.) Choisy; Convolvulus emarginata Vahl; Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq.; Convolvulus salicifolius Desr.; Convolvulus uniflorus Burm.; Ipomoea martinicensis (Jacq.) G. Mey.; Ipomoea ruyssenii A. Chev.; Ipomoea uniflora…

  • Aniseia

    Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy Images by Sourav Mahmud, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details and more images)

  • Hepatica falconeri

    Hepatica falconeri (Thoms.) Steward, Fl. URSS 7: 284 1937. (syn: Anemone falconeri Thoms.; Hepatica falconeri (Thoms.) Juzepczuk); . Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), India: Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Himachal Pradesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Central Asia to N. Pakistan and W. Himalaya:…

  • Primula matthioli subsp. brotheri

    Primula matthioli subsp. brotheri (R.Knuth) Kovt., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 44: 155 (2013) (syn: Cortusa brotheri (R.Knuth) Losinsk.; Cortusa matthioli f. brotheri R.Knuth; Primula brotheri (R.Knuth) Sutorý); . Altay to Mongolia and Tibet: Altay, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Common name: Himalayan Bell Primrose ….

  • Hemlata Pradhan, botanist painter

    Hemlata Pradhan, botanist painter : 3 posts by 2 authors. Other recipients: http://www.indianbotanists.com/2014/06/botanical-illustration-painting-plant.html?spref=fb cheers,Kiran Srivastavamumbai http://www.indianbotanists.com/2014/06/botanical-illustration-painting-plant.html?spref=fb Thanks Kiran Ji, I was lucky enough to meet … at her art school in Kalimpong.. a great display of art by her students was a real treat for me.. as illustrators are be…

  • Ophiorrhiza species- Kaptai NP, Chittagong Hill tracts, Bangladesh

    Fwd: Herb ID from Bangladesh SM038 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Undergrowth Herb Habitat : Hill forest Flowering : May Location : Kaptai NP, Chittagong Hill tracts Ophiorrhiza sp Ophiorrhiza– species in India & eFI with details & some keys Ophiorrhiza tingens C.B.Clarke ex C.E.C.Fisch. ?? .  …

  • Syzygium species- Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh

      Tree ID from Bangladesh SM048 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Tree Habitat: Hill forest along the stream Location: Chittagong Hill Tract Fruiting: May Eugenia / Syzygium sp. Fruits of Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry; that is our very common JAMRUL, looks same at certain stage of growth….