• 44th Tree Appreciation Walk in Silonda Trail, SGNP

        44th Tree Appreciation Walk in Silonda Trail, SGNP on 24th Nov,13 at 7.30 : 2 posts by 2 authors. As the winter’s wild, gentle & cool breeze has picked up……… & the trees creak , swaying in the wind…………The Earth has slowly started gathering all into herself……….wild herbs,…

  • Baccaurea racemosa (Malaysia)

    Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 461 1866. (Syn: Baccaurea bhaswatii Chakrab. & M.Gangop.; Baccaurea wallichii Hook.f.; Coccomelia racemosa Reinw. ex Blume; Coccomelia racemosa Reinw.; Pierardia racemosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Blume);           SL 1 181113 : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 3 authors. Please ID…

  • Chrozophora oblongifolia

      Chrozophora oblongifolia (Delile) A.Juss. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 850 1826. (Syn: Croton oblongifolius Delile);    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Chrozophora For ID : Oman : 111113 : AK-77 : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 2 authors. Chrozophora from Oman. Had posted on our group earlier. … had suggested Chrozophora…

  • Pogostemon stellatus

    Pogostemon stellatus (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 429 1891. (Syn: Anuragia stellata (Lour.) Raizada; Anuragia tomentosa (Dalzell) Raizada; Anuragia verticillata (Benth.) Raizada; Dysophylla benthamiana Hance ..; Dysophylla esquirolii H.Lév.; Dysophylla fauriei H.Lév.; Dysophylla japonica Miq.; Dysophylla nana Doan [Invalid]; Dysophylla ramosissima Benth.; Dysophylla stellata (Lour.) Benth. ..; Dysophylla tomentosa Dalzell; Dysophylla…

  • Cactaceae member- Flower Show, Mumbai

        Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 061113 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors. Posted on our group earlier. For id please. A cactus? Euphorbia was suggested when I posted on our group earlier. Sorry for the wrong posting. This seems…

  • Euphorbia riebeckii (Oman)

    Euphorbia riebeckii Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 26 1899. (Syn: Chamaesyce riebeckii (Pax) Soják); Images by Aarti Khale – validation by N.P.Balakrishnan    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia riebeckii : Oman : 141113 : AK-92 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. I’m not very sure but this could be Euphorbia…

  • EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT :: STATISTICS

        EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT :: STATISTICS : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. One more very successful fortnight. Attaching the excel sheet of the species discussed during the fortnight. Thanks all the contributors. Valuable inputs from both experts Tapas ji and Balakrishnan ji made the episode very interesting and…

  • Begonia species- Nagaland

          Flower from Nagaland : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. Please identify this flower taken in Nagaland just before the border from Assam? Growing low on the ground near the road. Could it be a begonia species? Definitely Begonia sp.            

  • Antidesma species ?- Indonesia

    Euphorbia Fortnight: Antidesma of Indonesia : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Is it Antidesma bunius? Could you please validate. Thank you. No, it is not Antidesma bunius. You have not supplied any details about the locality and etc. Schisandra sp ??

  • Blachia calycina

    Blachia calycina Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 226 1880. ;     Euphorbiaceae fortnight :: Blachia denudata at Yana (karnataka) :: PKA14: : Attachments (6). 4 posts by 4 authors. Small Tree near Vibhuti Water Fall (Yana- North Karnataka). Tree was around 6 to 7M tall. Leaves alternate, petiole…

  • Euphorbia thomsoniana

    Euphorbia thomsoniana Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 113 1862. (Syn: Euphorbia prokhanovii Popov; Euphorbia tianschanica (Prokh.) Proch.; Euphorbia tianshanica (Prokh.) Popov; Tithymalus thomsonianus (Boiss.) Soják; Tithymalus tianshanicus Prokh.);   Images by (Narendra Joshi – Id by Gurcharan Singh, validation by N.P.Balakrishnan), (For more photos & complete details, click on the link, (inserted by…

  • Tragia praetervisa

    Tragia praetervisa Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr., Rheedea 16: 23 2006. (Syn: Tragia miqueliana var. unicolor Müll.Arg.; Tragia muelleriana var. unicolor (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Tragia praetervisa var. unicolor (Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; . As per efi thread: If you find that the leaves…

  • Hoppea

    Hoppea dichotoma Willd. Hoppea fastigiata (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke      Hoppea Willd. (Gentianaceae) The genus Hoppea has two species distributed mainly in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Both the species occur in India. Key to the species of Hoppea [1] 1.  Flowers sessile or pedicellate; calyx longer than the corolla lobes; corolla…

  • Authentication of plants (fruits or seeds) at Bangalore, Karnataka

        Need help : 2 posts by 2 authors. I would like to know about the labs or any office or any person who is doing identification and authentication of plants (fruits or seeds) at Bangalore, Karnataka or elsewhere in India. Kindly share your information regarding this Please contact…

  • Euphorbia species- Cambridge, UK

      Euphorbiaceae Fortnight :: Euphorbia for ID :: Cambridge :: MK011 : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors.  Sorry I am posting a picture from abroad for identification. This is know the species. Please help me to identify. Thank you. Date: 27 March 2011 Place: Cambridge, UK Planted as…

  • Euphorbia jacquemontii

    Euphorbia jacquemontii Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 113 1862. (Syn: Tithymalus jacquemontii (Boiss.) Soják); Images uploaded by Tapas Chakrabarty (photo : A. B. D. Selvam),  Anurag N Sharma & Suresh Rana (all ids by N P Balakrishanan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg & Surajit Koley) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)     …

  • Hemipilia puberula

    Hemipilia puberula (King & Pantl.) Y.Tang & H.Peng, BioMed Centr. Evol. Biol. 15(96): 28 (2015) (syn: Amitostigma puberulum (King & Pantl.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Chusua puberula (King & Pantl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb; Orchis puberula King & Pantl.; Ponerorchis puberula (King & Pantl.) Verm.);  . Ponerorchis puberula (King & Pantl.) Verm., Jahresber. Naturwiss….

  • Euphorbia linearifolia

    Euphorbia linearifolia Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 224 1821. (Syn: Chamaesyce linearifolia Soják; Chamaesyce katrajensis var. kasaragodensis (V.J.Nair, Binojk. & R.Ansari) V.S.Raju; Euphorbia katrajensis var. kasaragodensis V.J.Nair, Binojk. & R.Ansari;   Euphorbia deccanensis V.S.Raju; Euphorbia linearis B.Heyne ex Roth, pro syn.) as per efi thread and CoL; . India to Indo-China: Cambodia, India, Thailand as per POWO; ….

  • Lophopogon tridentatus

    Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 254 1889. (syn: Andropogon tridentatus Roxb.; Apocopis tridentatus (Roxb.) Benth.; Lophopogon duthiei Stapf ex Bor; Saccharum tridentatum (Roxb.) Spreng.); . India as per POWO; . Common name: Three-Teeth Beardgrass • Tamil: சொலமந்லம் Cholamandalam, Karimanal .   Grass identity 3 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by…