• Euphorbia x martinii (Hybrid- California)

    Euphorbia × martinii Rouy, Ill. Pl. Eur. 13: 107 1900. (Syn: Euphorbia × cornubiensis Radcl.-Sm.; Euphorbia × malahidensis Radcl.-Sm. [Illegitimate]);   Images by Gurcharan Singh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia x martinii Rouy ‘Ascot Rainbow’ from California-GS-13 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Euphorbia x martinii Rouy ‘Ascot…

  • Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’

        Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’ from California-GS-14 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’ known as cushion spurge is an evergreen perennial with bushy growth and dark purple velvety leaves, producing yellow cyathis subsequently.  Photographed from a nursery in Sunnyvale, California      

  • Euphorbia × lomi (Hybrid- California)

    Euphorbia × lomi Rauh, Kakteen And. Sukk. 30: 257 1979. ; Images by Gurcharan SIngh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia × lomi Rauh from California-GS-11 : Attachments (2).  1 post by 1 author. Euphorbia × lomi Rauh  This nothospecies was described in 1979 and is a hybrid between E. lophogona and milii….

  • Cleidion javanicum

    Cleidion javanicum Blume, Bijdr. 613 1826. (Syn: Acalypha acuminata Vahl ex Baill. [Illegitimate]; Acalypha spicigera Klotzsch; Cleidion spiciflorum var. longipedicellatum (Chakrab. & M.Gangop.) Susila & N.P.Balakr.; Lasiostyles salicifolia C.Presl; Macaranga tamiana K.Schum.; Mallotus geloniifolius Müll.Arg. ex Pax & K.Hoffm. [Invalid]; Rottlera urandra Dalzell; Tanarius tamianus (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Tetraglossa indica Bedd.; Tragia filiformis…

  • Cleidion

      Cleidion javanicum Blume   Cleidion nitidum (Müll.Arg.) Thwaites ex Kurz image by Dr. Tapas Chakraborty Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh- by Botanical Survey of India (2012)): Cleidion javanicum Blume    var. alongense (Bennet…

  • Schouwia purpurea

    Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinfurth (Syn: Schouwia arabica DC.; Schouwia thebaica ; Schouwia thebaica var. microcarpa Täckh.);       Identification : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. I would like to know the identity of this shrub with alternate lvs, flower seems to be cruciferous but fruit shape is…

  • Schouwia

    Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinfurth   

  • Salacca zalacca (Cultivated)

    Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 1152 1895. (Syn: Calamus salakka Willd. ex Steud.; Calamus zalacca Gaertn.; Salacca blumeana Mart.; Salacca edulis Reinw.; Salacca edulis var. amboinensis Becc.; Salacca rumphii Wall. [Illegitimate]; Salacca zalacca var. amboinensis (Becc.) Mogea);   Images by Pudji Widodo & Pankaj Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg)…

  • Salacca

      Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss (Images by Pudji Widodo & Pankaj Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Salacca page (‎‎‎‎‎‎Arecaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Salacca page (‎‎‎‎‎Arecaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by…

  • Cajanus sericeus

    Cajanus sericeus (Baker) Maesen (Syn: Atylosia sericea Baker; Cantharospermum sericeum (Baker) Raizada; Cantharospermum sericeum (Benth. ex Baker f.) Raiz.); . kaj-AY-nus — Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea … Dave’s Botanary ser-IK-ee-us — silky … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: silky pigeonpea • Marathi: रेशमी तूर reshami tur   . Crotalaria calycina :…

  • 43rd Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharawi

        43rd Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharawi on 10th Nov,13 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. The entire world of plants surrenders itself to the fluttering of the butterflies in the month of October & November. These “Daughters of the Sun” never seems to be…

  • Sedum species- New York

          Flower for ID – New York – 201013 – RK – 2 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Sedum for ID – New York – v.small flowers – 20/06/13 – morning. Request ID.          

  • Croton persimilis ?

    Croton persimilis ?;           Croton oblongifolius Roxb (?) from Kamrup district, Assam :  6 images. 9 posts by 7 authors. This species had huge nomenclatural dispute from the era of Roxburgh! Basically this species is Croton persimilis Muell. Arg. Croton oblongifolius Roxb. (Fl. Ind. ed. Carey,…

  • Erythrina species- Fiji, Botanical garden

    FJ 5 01112013 : Attachments (2).  1 post by 1 author. Please ID this tall tree about 20m tall with this unusual yellow-orange flowers. Photo was taken in Fiji, Botanical garden in Sep 2013. Erythrina caffra Thunb.

  • Panax assamicus

    Panax assamicus R.N.Banerjee, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 23 (1968).; Images by Karuna Kanta Das (Id by Shiva K. Sharma) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Unknown sp-4 from Shillong, Meghalaya : Attachments (8).  6 posts by 3 authors. Attached images are…

  • Panax

    Panax assamicus R.N.Banerjee (Images by Karuna Kanta Das (Id by Shiva K. Sharma) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Panax pseudoginseng Wall.   Panax ginseng or P. pseudo-ginseng ?- Meghalaya (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Id by Basant Kumar Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For…

  • 33. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th September’13

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th September’13- more than 8500 species : 1 post by 1 author. Dear members, It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with…

  • Usnea fragilis ?

    Usnea fragilis Stirt. ?;      Lichen – Usnea sp. from Shillong, Meghalaya : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors. I hope attached images may be Usnea sp. Please ID the sp. Date :09.10.2013 Location: Shillong, Meghalaya It looks like Usnea subfloridana It is difficult to identify Usnea species…

  • Astrophytum myriostigma

    Astrophytum myriostigma Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 4 1839. (Syn: Astrophytum coahuilense (H.Moeller) Kanfer; Astrophytum columnare (K.Schum.) Sadovsky & Schütz; Astrophytum depressum Lawr.; Astrophytum myriostigma var. cereiforme Fric  ………………….; Astrophytum prismaticum Lem.; Astrophytum quadratum Cobbold; Astrophytum tulense (K.Kayser) Sadovsky & Schütz; Cereus colicochus Booth ex C.F.Först.; Echinocactus myriostigma Salm-Dyck ………….);      …