• Justicia species- Sathamangalam RF, Tamil Nadu

    Acanthaceae for id 170410MK2: Date/Time- 08-01-2009 / 4:00 PM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Sathamangalam RF; 400msl Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- floors of scrub forests Plant Habit- wild herb Height/Length- Up to 20 cm Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- linear-elliptic; almost sessile; ca.5cm length Inflorescence Type/ Size- terminal raceme; 5 -10cm long…

  • Viburnum cylindricum

    Viburnum cylindricum Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 142. 1825. (Syn: Viburnum coriaceum Blume; V. crassifolium Rehder; V. cylindricum Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don var. crassifolium (Rehder) C. K. Schneider.;                                   Viburnum capitellatum Wt. & Arn.); .  Kannada: Elasaande. Malayalam Mottumookkan . Evergreen trees, to 7 m high, bark grey. Leaves simple,…

  • Plant for Identification

          Please help for identifying the this species : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please help any one for correct identity of this species. Picture is too small & without any details for Id. Pl. see Posting Guidelines in this regard.      

  • Polemonium reptans (USA)

    Polemonium reptans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 925 1759. ;   Polemonium reptans is a flowering plant in the genus Polemonium, native to eastern North America.   Common names include Abscess Root, Creeping or Spreading Jacob’s Ladder, False Jacob’s Ladder, American Greek Valerian, Blue bells, Stairway to Heaven, and…

  • Ilex denticulata

    Ilex denticulata Wall., Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 149 1850. (syn: Ilex nilagirica Miq. ex Hook. fil.); . SW. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) as per POWO; . Trees, to 15 m high; bark 1.3 cm thick, grey, smooth; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-13 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved…

  • Stylophorum diphyllum (USA)

    Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 7 7 1818. (Syn: Chelidonium diphyllum Michx. (Unresolved); Stylophorum ohiense Spreng.);     Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine-poppy, wood poppy, poppywort) is a herbaceous perennial native to moist woodland in eastern North America, valued for its yellow flowers.   The celandine-poppy is named for…

  • Stellaria himalayensis

    Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar, J. Ind. B. S. 44: 141 (1965), ‘himalayense’. (Syn: Leucostemma latifolium Benth. ex G. Don; Stellaria latifolia (Benth. ex Royle) Edgew. & Hook. f.);        Chakrata Tour 2013:: Herb for id.. : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. There were no flowers or fruits…

  • Cyananthus integer

    Cyananthus integer Wall. ex Benth., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 309 1836. (Syn: Cyananthus barbatus Edgew.);   Image by D.S.Rawat   Cyananthus integer from Uttarakhand : 1 image. 6 posts by 5 authors.  Cyananthus integer Wall. ex Benth. (Campanulaceae) is a very rare herb and very less photographed in India. Typically…

  • Amorpha fruticosa (Introduced)

    Amorpha fruticosa L., Sp. Pl.: 713 (1753) (syn: Amorpha angustifolia F.E.Boynton; Amorpha arizonica Rydb.; Amorpha bushii Rydb.; Amorpha croceolanata Watson; Amorpha curtissii Rydb.; Amorpha dewinkeleri Small; Amorpha emarginata Eastw.; Amorpha emarginata Sweet; Amorpha fragrans Sweet; Amorpha fruticosa var. angustifolia Pursh; Amorpha fruticosa var. caroliniana (Croom)S.Watson; Amorpha fruticosa var. coerulea Loudon; Amorpha fruticosa var. crispa G.Kirchn.; Amorpha fruticosa var. croceolanata (Watson)Mouill.; Amorpha…

  • Mammillaria bombycina

    Mammillaria bombycina Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 149 149 1910. (syn: Neomammillaria bombycina (Quehl) Britton & Rose);   Mammillaria bombycina (silken pincushion cactus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to western central Mexico.   It grows to 20 cm (8 in) tall and spreads indefinitely via offsets. The bulbous…

  • Gardenia carinata (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore)

    Gardenia carinata Wall. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 560 1824. ;  Thailand to Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP; Malaya; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;   ID of Flowering Plant – 161012 – RK4 : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors. Request ID of this plant. Pics taken in…

  • Eryngium yuccifolium (USA- Cultivated)

    Eryngium yuccifolium Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 164 1803. ; Images by Ranjini Kamath (Id by Viplav Gangar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)     Eryngium yuccifolium (Button snake-root, Rattlesnake Master) is a common herbaceous perennial plant, native to the tallgrass prairies of…

  • VoF reopens (Sept.’13)

        VoF reopens? : 3 posts by 3 authors. In the morning I was informed that VoF has been opened which is indeed a good news as I was afraid that it may not for couple of years after tye recent tragedy. Could anyone please confirm the news? This…

  • Tree at Mumbai (Prabhadevi)

      Request for id — 22-09-2013PPJ03 : 1 post by 1 author. . Request for id – 22-09-13PPJ01 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Welcome, …, to efloraofindia. I think these pictures will be insufficient for Id without close-up of the leaves, flowers, & fruits etc.

  • Leea species- Pali, Maharashtra

      Leea For ID : Pali : 220913 : AK-3 : Attachments (1).  1 post by 1 author. Leea species seen at Pali, Maharashtra on 23/11/12. Only fruits when picture was taken. No flowers or leaves. With limited image I guess it could be Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsdale        …

  • Inonotus species- Hooghly, WB

          Hooghly – chicken of the woods? : Attachments (11 + 5). 9 posts by 3 authors. My booklet doesn’t feature this. (5.9.13) This one looks something like – http://steve.rogueleaf.com/tag/laetiporus-sulphureus/ (or http://www.hlasek.com/laetiporus_sulphureus.html) Here is today’s (14.9.13) update. 5 images. This fungus excretes coloured fluid as can be seen…

  • Inonotus

    Inonotus species- Hooghly, WB