• Callistemon rigidus ?

    Callistemon rigidus R.Br., Bot. Reg. 5: t. 393 1819. (syn: Metrosideros aspera Hoffmanns.; Metrosideros glandulosa Desf.; Metrosideros linearis Muhl. ex Willd.; Metrosideros linifolia Dum.Cours. [Invalid]; Metrosideros rigida Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros rigidifolia Hoffmanns.) ?; Callistemon rigidus (Stiff Bottlebrush) is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the state of…

  • Festival of FLORA about the Botanical Gardens of Calcutta

    Fwd: Festival of FLORA about the Botanical Gardens of Calcutta that turns : 1 post by 1 author. One my latest Photo Feature on “Festival of FLORA” about the Botanical Gardens of Calcutta that turned 226 years recently. This is regarded as one of the oldest and largest in the…

  • Trichosanthes scabra ?

    Trichosanthes scabra Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 589. 1790. (syn: Gymnopetalum scabrum (Lour.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Cucumis integrifolius Roxb.; Gymnopetalum integrifolium (Roxb.) Kurz,; Trichosanthes integrifolia (Roxb.) Kurz; Gymnopetalum integrifolium (Roxb.) Kurz var. pectinatum W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Gymnopetalum scabrum (Lour.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes var. pectinatum (W.J. de Wilde &…

  • Gymnosporia royleana

    Gymnosporia royleana Wall. ex M.A.Lawson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 620 1875. (syn: Celastrus royleanus Wall. ex M.A.Lawson; Euonymus spinosus Griff.; Maytenus royleana (Wall. ex M.A. Lawson) Cufod.; Maytenus yimenensis H. Shao); . Common name: Royle’s Spike Thorn • Hindi: Bhadhrun, Gwaladarim, Kura • Oriya: Koirogo • Telugu: Dandasu, Danti, Goddati,…

  • Blachia umbellata

    Blachia umbellata (Willd.) Baill., Étude Euphorb. 387 1858. (syn: Blachia reflexa Benth.; Codiaeum umbellatum (Willd.) Müll.Arg.; Croton umbellatus Willd.); Glabrous shrubs; branchlets slender. Leaves to 15 x 5 cm, elliptic, acuminate at apex, base acute; nerves 10-13 pairs, irregular, looping; petiole 1 cm long. Male flowers 5 mm across, 5-10…

  • Recently published Articles

    Fwd: Recently published Articles Part-I :  2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (4 + 2).   Please find my recently published research articles detail given below: New Species 1. Macrosolen andamanensis published in Indian Journal of Forestry 2013, 36(1):55-59. 2. Carissa andamanensis published in Indian Journal of Forestry 2012  New Record…

  • Mallotus species- Cooch Behar, West Bengal

      ID please 07062012 SR-2: Date-24.09.2011 Place- Saanjer paar,Cooch Behar,West Bengal Habitat-Wild Tree Mallotus species, perhaps. please check this plant – https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/BJyBMILYN9Q …How about  Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz ?  I agree with … Yes, it is a Mallotus. I want to know whether the leaves are alternate, opposite or both.

  • Bridelia species- Durgapur, West Bengal

    ID requested (DSC3281):   Picture taken in Durgapur (W.B.) Date 07/10/2012 Tree of height around 10 ft., in full bloom, Soft & nice scent, buzzing with different types of Butterflies, bees & insects. The only pictures with somewhat similarities i could find is http://www.nature-museum.net/Data/2010/.JPG …. source – http://www.planta.cn/forum/viewtopicdd2bff … some species…

  • Vachellia

    Vachellia eburnea (L. f.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb. (Images by Darshan Kokate (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))  Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.   Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr. images by Shivaprakash Adavanne & Muthu Karthick Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ragupathy, Seigler, Ebinger…

  • Rotala rosea

    Rotala rosea (Poiret) C. D. K. Cook ex H. Hara, Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal. 2: 173. 1979. (Syn: Ammannia rosea Poiret, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 329. 1810; A. leptopetala Blume; A. littorea Miquel; A. pentandra Roxburgh; Rotala leptopetala (Blume) Koehne; R. littorea (Miquel) Nakai; R. pentandra (Roxburgh) Blatter & Hallberg.) as per…

  • Salix flabellaris

    Salix flabellaris Andersson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 54 1860. (syn: Salix lucida Jacquem. ex Anderss.; Salix obovata Wall.; Salix rotundifolia Royle ex Anderss.);  China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Deosai, Baltistan, Gilgit), Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar, Hazara, Poonch, Kashmir) as per Catalogue…

  • Scurrula species- Dhoopgarh area of Satpura Tiger Reserve

      Loranthus sp from Satpura – NSD 50 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). This parasite is from Dhoopgarh area of Satpura Tiger Reserve Photographed on – 11-10-09 Please id this Loranthus sp It seems to be Scurrula sp. belongs to Loranthaceae thanks a lot for id  

  • Ecbolium viride

    Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 229 1931. (Syn: Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana Remadevi & Binojk.); . ek-BOW-lee-um –from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) … Wiktionary VEER-ih-dee — green … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha…

  • Dendrophthoe falcata var. pubescens

    Dendrophthoe falcata var. pubescens (Hook.f.) V.Chandras., Fl. Tamil Nadu 2: 215 1987. ; Branches stout, smooth. Leaves 6-15 x 2-4 cm, elliptic-oblong, obtusely acute, base truncate to sub-cordate, glabrous; nerves 3-5 pairs, sub-prominent; petiole 2-3 mm long, flattened. Racemes 2-3 cm long, pubescent; pedicel 3 mm long. Flowers many; corolla…

  • Dendrophthoe falcata var. coccinea

    Dendrophthoe falcata var. coccinea (Talb.) Sant.; Images by tspkumar  Common name: Honey Suckle Mistletoe • Hindi: बंदा Banda, बंदा पाठा Banda Patha • Marathi: वंदा Vanda, बंदगुल Bandgul • Tamil: புல்லுரீ Pulluri, புல்லுருவீ Pulluruvi, உசீ Uchi • Malayalam: Ittikkanni • Telugu: జిద్దూ Jiddu, యెలింగా Yelinga • Kannada: ಮದುಕ Maduk, Badanike…

  • Savignya parviflora (Saudi Arabia)

    Savignya parviflora (Delile) Webb, Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt. 14 1854. (syn; Farsetia parviflora (Delile) Spreng.; Lunaria parviflora Delile; Savignya aegyptiaca DC.; Savignya aegyptiaca var. oblonga Boiss.; Savignya parviflora subsp. aegyptiaca (DC.) Maire; Savignya parviflora var. exigua O.E. Schulz; Savignya parviflora var. oblonga (Boiss.) O.E. Schulz); Savignya parviflora subsp. parviflora );  …

  • Savignya

    Savignya parviflora (Delile) Webb  

  • Impatiens species- Bbhadarwah (Jammu and Kashmir)

          Fwd: PLANT FOR ID 28072013AMS01 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Location.Bbhadarwah (Jammu and Kashmir)Altitude.5380 ftMedium sized plant growing wild.Flower.Zygomophic.PinkLeaves.Seerate,AcuteStem. Green Seems to be some Balsam species.      

  • Acer macrophyllum (USA)

    Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 267 1813. (Syn: Acer auritum Greene; Acer dactylophyllum Greene; Acer flabellatum Greene [Illegitimate]; Acer hemionitis Greene; Acer leptodactylon Greene; Acer macrophyllum f. angustialatum Schwer. …………; Acer murrayanum Dippel; Acer palmatum Raf. [Illegitimate]; Acer platypterum Greene; Acer politum Greene; Acer stellatum Greene);  Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf…