• Persicaria glabra ?

    Persicaria glabra ? .   Polygonaceae Fortnight:: Persicaria glabra at Lonavala .-PKA33: : : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Aquatic herb / pondweed in a water cistern at Lohagad Fort, Maharashtra. This herb was around 15 to 20 cm high and its fibrous roots were also clearly visible….

  • Globba leucantha (Indonesia) ?

    Globba leucantha Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 612 1861. (Syn: Globba floribunda Baker; Globba pallidiflora Baker; Globba stenothyrsa var. cumingii Baker) ?;           Plant of Central Java 16 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Could you help me to id the following Zingiberaceae…

  • Oberonia species- Yeoor hills,Thane, Maharashtra

          Unidentified orchid which oberonia sp is this : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Unidentified orchid which oberonia sp is this ?? Yeoor hills, Thane, Maharashtra  April 2014 The orchid sps. is Oberonia recurva most common in Western Ghats of Maharashtra.        

  • Bistorta species- Gori valley area

      Polygonaceae Fortnight- Persicaria for id from Gori valley:: NS May 45 :  2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). These pics were recorded from Gori valley area.. Any hints please..  Thanks for the interesting post Nidhan Sir! Looks like a rhizomatous herb…probably Bistorta.. Not sure of the species.

  • Rheum officinale (USA)

    Rheum officinale Baill., Adansonia 10: 246 1872. ; Rheum officinale is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae originating in Asia. Rheum officinale is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), and is also a component in the North American herbal remedy called…

  • Gymnocalycium horstii ?

    Gymnocalycium horstii Buining, Kakteen And. Sukk. 21: 162 1970. (Syn: Gymnocalycium horstii subsp. megalanthum Amerh.) ?;        Cactus For ID : Nasik : 030514 : AK-9 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Another Cactus seen at a Cactus nursery on 27/2/14. Cultivated. Perhaps Echinocactus platyacanthus efi…

  • Oxyspora cernua

    Oxyspora cernua (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson ex Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 73 1871. (syn: Allozygia cernua Naud.; Melastoma cernuum Roxb.); SE-Tibet, Bhutan, India (Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life; Bhutan, China, India as per Flora of China,   Fwd: [efloraofindia:187722] Fwd: Plant Id from Bangladesh 060514SM1: 12…

  • Rumex patientia

    Rumex patientia L., Sp. Pl. 333 1753. (Syn: Acetosa patientia (L.) M.Gómez; Lapathum hortense Garsault [Invalid]; Lapathum hortense Lam.; Rumex callosus (F. Schmidt ex Maxim.) Rech. f.; Rumex interruptus Rech. f.; Rumex patientia subsp. callosus (F. Schmidt ex Maxim.) Rech. f.; Rumex patientia var. callosus F. Schmidt ex Maxim.; Rumex patientia…

  • Mussaenda parryorum

    Mussaenda parryorum C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 274 1928.; . Assam (Lushai Hills) as per POWO; .. Rubiaceae : Mussaenda sp. for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Location : Lengpui, Mizoram. Altitude : ca. 400 m. Date : 30-04-2014. Habit : Climbing shrub. Habitat :…

  • Desmodium confertum

    Desmodium confertum DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4:101. 1825 Jan (Prodr. 2:335. 1825 Nov) (Syn: Desmodium dioicum (D.Don) DC.; Hedysarum dioicum D.Don; Meibomia conferta (DC.) Kuntze); . Bhutan(N), India(N): Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Nepal(N) as per ILDIS; . identification of the desmodium species in pasighat, arunachal…

  • Persicaria sinuata

    Persicaria sinuata (Royle ex Bab.) Rajbh. & R.Joshi, J. Jap. Bot. 70(6): 332 1995. (Syn: Polygonum sinuatum Royle ex Bab.); . East Himalaya, West Himalaya as per POWO; .. As per efi thread: This species is often confused with its very closely related sister species known from Eastern Himalayas (P….

  • Kopsia species ?- Pune

    efloraofindia:”For Id” ornamental plant is this Kopsia species at Pune :10052014: MR-4 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). May 2014 requesting identification of the plant with white flowers. It was mixed with Stachyterpheta indica and was difficult to take seperate pictures is it Kopsia species Purple flower Stachytarpheta sp. ?? And…

  • Dalbergia sissoides

    Dalbergia sissoides Wight & Arn. (Syn: Amerimnon javanicum (Miq.) Kuntze; Amerimnon sissoides (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze; Dalbergia emarginata Prain; Dalbergia javanica Miq.; Dalbergia latifolia var. sissoides (Wight & Arn.) Baker; Dalbergia sissoides Graham); . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Maharashtra ; Tamil Nadu ; Indonesia (N); Jawa…

  • Mammillaria species- Nasik

      Cactus For ID : Nasik : 030514 : AK-8 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). A small, cultivated Cactus having pink flowers seen at a Cactus nursery on 27/2/14. This looks to be some kind of Mammillaria, but it also looks to be overgrown and bloated, probably…

  • Heterodermia species- Kampala, Uganda

      ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). The photo is micro one. Please help me for ID Heterodermia sp. (Lichen) This is a species of Heterodermia – Physciaceae. Hereafter please send the complete location details (State, District, nearby village, altitude and date of collection)  of the  specimen/photographs from where…

  • Flower Hunting Tour to Narkanda, Jalori Pass, Jibhi, Tirthan Area

    Flower Hunting Tour to Narkanda, Jalori Pass, Jibhi, Tirthan Area : 1 post by 1 author. Here is the Final Programme 8-6-14   Day 1 Panipat Shimla Narkanda.9-6-14   Day 2 Narkanda Jibhi10-6-14 Day 3 Jibhi Tirthan11-6-14 Day 4 Around Tirthan12-6-14 Day 5 Tirthan Mandi Mashobra 13-6-14 Day 6 Mashobra…