• Natural ALPINE ROCK GARDEN: Badrinath area

        Natural ALPINE ROCK GARDEN: few pics from Badrinath area : Attachments (8). 9 posts by 8 authors. As seen in my recent tour to Badrinath and adjacent areas: (posted on 19.9.13) Yes …, in true sense it looks like Natural Alpine Rock Garden, …. Wonderful.. Excellent and unique…

  • Vaccinium leschenaultii

    Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1188 1848.;   Vernacular names : Tamil: Anduvan, Kalavu Malayalam: Katavu, Kalavu, Kelamaram Kannada: Anduvan   Habit- Small trees up to 7 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark brownish, irregularly scaly; blaze yellowish. Branchlets- Young branchlets angular to subterete, pubescent. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole…

  • Asystasia gangetica ?

    . ID Request 030913SG-C : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors. Help ID of following Ornamental Bush, photographed on 01Sep13 at Dhavlas. Thunbergia?? Asystasia gangetica, but can be wrong since there is no information besides images.

  • Article on Thladiantha tomentosa

        Request for article on Thladiantha tomentosa (Cucurbitaceae) comb. nov. from southwestern China : 4 posts by 3 authors. if any one has access to the above article please send me (prasad….@gmail.com) a soft copy of the paper entitled “ Thladiantha tomentosa (Cucurbitaceae) comb. nov. from Southwestern China by…

  • Picask

        A good website for animals/plants identification (free) : 1 post by 1 author. Hello, guys! I’d like to recommend a good web site for animals/plants identification to you. If you have encountered an unknown animal or plant, just submit a picture to the website and you’ll get an…

  • Photinia integrifolia

    Photinia integrifolia Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1): 103-104 103 1821. (Syn: Eriobotrya integrifolia (Lindl.) Kurz; Photinia integrifolia var. notoniana (Wight & Arn.) J.E. Vidal; Photinia integrifolia var. yunnanensis T.T. Yu; Photinia notoniana Wight & Arn.; Photinia sambuciflora W.W. Sm.; Photinia scandens Stapf; Stranvaesia scandens (Stapf) Hand.-Mazz.); . S. China…

  • Tree at SGNP, Mumbai

          Requesting ID of this tree – Mumbai :: 19092013 :: ARK-01 :: September 2013 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Requesting to please ID this tree captured at SGNP, Mumbai in September 2013. Unfortunately, this is the only pic I have, is this enough to…

  • Azalea species- at a nursery at Pune

          efloraofindia:”For Id 18092013MR1’’ plant with orange flowers at Pune : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Sep 2013 request Id of this plant with orange flowers at a nursery at Pune Azalea sp., I think.          

  • Cleistocactus samaipatanus ?

    Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 5: 92 1987. (syn: Bolivicereus brevicaulis F.Ritter; Bolivicereus croceus F.Ritter; Bolivicereus rufus F.Ritter; Bolivicereus samaipatanus Cárdenas; Bolivicereus samaipatanus var. divi-miseratus Cárdenas; Bolivicereus samaipatanus var. multiflorus Cárdenas; Borzicactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) Kimnach; Borzicactus samaipatanus var. divi-miseratus (Cárdenas) Krainz; Borzicactus samaipatanus var. multiflorus (Cárdenas) Krainz; Cleistocactus samaipatensis (Cárdenas)…

  • Buxus

    Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.   Buxus sempervirens L.     Buxus wallichiana Baill.         Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 with keys (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh- by Botanical Survey of India (2012)) (Distribution): Buxus microphylla Siebold…

  • Elaeocarpus serratus ?

    Elaeocarpus serratus ?; . SL 203 081213: Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please ID this tropical edible fruit. Photo was taken in Singapore in Mar 2013. May be ‘Ceylon olives’. Elaeocarpus serratus. . Fwd: MS/2018/May/ 1 – ID of a tree : 9 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)…

  • Cycas species- Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

        Cycas For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 160913 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 8 posts by 4 authors. Cycas seen at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 22/8/13. Species id please. cycas circinalis  Yes, it is Cycas circinalis. Its not easy to make out from this. Why not Cycas rumphii?…

  • Ceropegia anjanerica

      Images by Sushant More Ceropegia anjanerica Malpure, M.Y.Kamble & S.R.Yadav, Curr. Sci. 91: 1141 2006. ;   It differs from allied species in having flower up to 3.5 cm long, narrowly obovate, and flat (not linear and reflexed) corolla lobes forming an obovate (not attenuate) head. Flowering period: August-…

  • Cultivated, potted plant in nursery Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

          Ornamental Plant For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 170913 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Another ornamental plant seen in their nursery on 22/8/13. Cultivated, potted plant Could this be Philodendron scandens, Heart Leaf Philodendron?      

  • Corydalis ochotensis (South Korea)

    Corydalis ochotensis Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13: 62 1840. (Syn: Capnoides ochotensis Kuntze);             Corydalis ochotensis_RKC_02_16092013 : Attachments (2). 9 posts by 6 authors. Corydalis ochotensis Turcz. Fumariaceae Loc.: Jeongup, S. Korea Local name: 눈괴불주머니 (Nunkwafuljumoni) Date: 14 Sept. 2013 Another mesmerizing shot. Never…

  • Scleromitrion diffusum

    Scleromitrion diffusum (Willd.) R.J.Wang (syn: Hedyotis brachypoda R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Hedyotis diffusa Willd.; Hedyotis diffusa var. extensa (Hook.f.) R.Dutta; Hedyotis extensa R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Hedyotis polygonoides Wall. [Invalid]; Hedyotis radicans Bartl. ex DC. [Invalid]; Hedyotis ramosissima Kurz [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia angustifolia var. pedicellata Miq.; Oldenlandia brachypoda G.Don [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia…

  • Asclepias tuberosa (USA)

    Asclepias tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. 217 1753. (Syn: Acerates decumbens Decne.; Acerates decumbens var. erecta Durand; Asclepias decumbens L.; Asclepias elliptica Raf.; Asclepias lutea Raf. [Illegitimate]; Asclepias revoluta Raf.; Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail; Asclepias tuberosa f. bicolor Standl. ……); Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North…

  • Baptisia alba (USA)

    Baptisia alba (L.) Vent., Dec. gen. nov. 9. 1808 (Syn: Baptisia albescens Small; Baptisia albiflora Raf.; Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret; Baptisia leucantha Torr. & A.Gray ..; Crotalaria alba L.; Dolichos lacteus Raf.; Podalyria alba (L.) Willd.; Podalyria alba Sims; Sophora alba (L.) L.);      Flower for ID – New York…