• Carex species ?- Pune

        efloraofindia:”For Id 19082013MR1’’ grass at Pune : Attachments (2). 7 posts by 3 authors. Aug 2013 Pune requesting identification of this grass growing wild  I could find only one grass genus, Cenchrus, having such spine. Dear Carex Experts, Can it be a

  • Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi by Dr.D.G.Dalgado

        Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi :   …………………………….. Incidently, there is one more species H.dalgadianum found in Maharashtra, which Dr. Almeida informs me was named by Dr.[Mrs] Almeida after my great grand-uncle Dr.D.G.Dalgado [a surgeon] who wrote a book in Portuguese titled [Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi]. Do you…

  • Capparis roxburghii

    Capparis roxburghii DC., Prodr. 1: 247 1824. (Syn: Capparis aguba Banks ex DC.; Capparis bisperma Wight ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Capparis corymbosa Roxb. [Illegitimate]);   Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2002- Description & Keys- Capparis…

  • Embelia species ?- Sapling at Shahapur

      Please identify this sapling – NS050913 – 2 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 2 authors. At Shahapur. Unfortunately have no further information. Is it a species of Litsea ? Very hard to say, but the texture of the leaves reminds me of Embelia sp. Thanks but the leaves…

  • Cleome species- from a flower show

    Images by Narendra Joshi Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : Cleome Sp (NSJ-03 06/09/2013) : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Cleome Sp from a flower show          

  • Cleome austroarabica (Oman)

    Cleome austroarabica D.F.Chamb. & Lamond, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 51 1994.;   Images by Aarti S. Khale   Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : Cleome austroarabia subsp mascatensis : Oman : 050913 : AK-13 : Attachments (3). 6 posts by 4 authors. sharing pictures of this Cleome species from Oman. A…

  • Cleome brachycarpa

    Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC., Prodr. 1: 240 1824. (Syn: Cleome brachycarpa var. angustifolia Gilg; Cleome brachycarpa f. diversifolia (Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson) N.Terracc.; Cleome brachycarpa f. latifolia N.Terracc.; Cleome brevisiliqua Schult. & Schult.f.; Cleome diversifolia Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson; Cleome moschata Stocks ex T.Anderson; Cleome parviflora…

  • Acalypha malabarica

    Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 42 1865. (Syn: Ricinocarpus malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze); Keys at Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (Description & Keys– Acalypha ciliata, Acalypha indica, Acalypha lanceolata & Acalypha malabarica) as below: Capsules hispid, bracts with glandular hairs-…

  • Calophyllum inophyllum ?

    Calophyllum inophyllum ?; . Requesting ID of this roadside avenue tree – Mumbai :: 02092013 :: ARK-01 :: September 2012 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 1 author. Requesting to please ID this roadside tree captured in Mumbai in September 2012. seems like callophyllum inophyllum Thanks for your feedback …,…

  • Maerua apetala

    Maerua apetala (Spreng.) M. Jacobs, Blumea 12(2): 207 207 1964. (Syn: Capparis apetala Roth; Capparis linifolia Roxb.; Crateva apetala (Roth) Spreng.; Maerua linearis (DC.) Pax; Niebuhria apetala (Roth) Dunn; Niebuhria linearis DC.; Niebuhria linifolia Voigt);   India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life; Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill…

  • Liparis rostrata

    Liparis rostrata Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 44 1876. (Syn: Leptorchis diodon (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved);  Leptorchis rostrata (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Leptorkis diodon (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Leptorkis rostrata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Liparis diodon Rchb.f.); . N. Pakistan to China (Yunnan, Zhejiang): China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;…

  • Arivela

    Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. (Images by Surajit Koley)   ‎Arivela page (Cleomaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Arivela page (‎Cleomaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by D.S.Rawat). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send…

  • Maerua crassifolia (Oman)

    Maerua crassifolia Forssk.,  Fl. aegypt.-arab. 113. 1775, nom. cons. (Syn: Maerua hirtella Chiov.; Maerua uniflora Vahl);     Maerua crassifolia is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is native to Africa, tropical Arabia, and Israel, but is disappearing from Egypt. Foliage from this plant is used as…

  • Cleome rupicola

    Cleome rupicola Vicary, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1158 1847. (Syn. Cleome stocksiana Boiss.);   Species with description & Keys as per Flora of Pakistan : Cleome ariana Hedge & Lamond Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC. Cleome dolichostyla Jafri Cleome fimbriata Vicary Cleome heratensis Bunge et Bien. ex Boiss. Cleome…

  • Ceropegia huberi

    Ceropegia huberi Ansari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 219 1969.;   Images by Sushant More and Prashant Awale  Habit: Twiner Notes: Along Western Ghats. Endemic Maharashtra: Kolhapur,Ratnagiri, Satara (From India Biodiversity Portal Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College,…

  • Asystasia species ?- at Kaas

          Request for flower ID (X-7) : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Requesting id for this flower (picture taken at Kaas in late Sep, 2012). Please check Asystasia sp.      

  • Corbichonia decumbens

    Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell, J. Bot. 73: 80 1935. (syn: Glinus mucronatus Klotzsch; Glinus trianthemoides B.Heyne ex Roth; Orygia decumbens Forssk.;                  Portulaca decumbens (Forsk.) Vahl);       Herb for identification 040913MK01 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help me in identification of this herb. Habitat: dry…

  • Corbichonia

    Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell    

  • Lophiocarpaceae

    Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell     Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎Lophiocarpaceae are now with images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎Lophiocarpaceae are now with images. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this…

  • Indigofera colutea

    Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19:355. 1921 (Syn: Galega colutea Burm.f.; Indigofera consanguinea Klotzsch; Indigofera glutinosa DC.; Indigofera inquinans Willd.; Indigofera junodii N.E.Br.; Indigofera laotica Hosok.; Indigofera lateria Willd.; Indigofera multifoliata De Wild.; Indigofera seticulosa Harv.; Indigofera viscosa Lam.); . Erect perennial herbs. Leaves 6 cm long; leaflets…