• Trekking and Family Camping During Dipawali & December end – 2013

        Trekking and Family Camping During Dipawali & December end – 2013 : Programme No1 NATIONAL ARAVALLI RANAKPUR KUMBHALGARH TREKKING EXPEDITION 2013 Report at Shaktimata Temple (Base Camp) near Shilpi Tourist Bungalow, Ranakpur. – 06 Nov, 2013 – 10 Nov, 2013 4Nights/ 5Days(Rs.2800 Fee+Rs.210)  Inclusive of Stay, simple nutritious…

  • Green house cultivation

        green house cultivation : 5 posts by 4 authors. can any body suggest me some medicinal herbs which can be grown in shade/green house  The herb like Mentha (from which Polo is made), Sweet Basil, Turmeric, Brahmi etc  are few herb, which  I know one  can grow in…

  • Lindenbergia hookeri

    Lindenbergia hookeri C.B.Clarke ex Hook.fil., Fl. Brit. India 4: 261 (1884) ; . E. Himalaya to Assam as per POWO; . id pl. : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors Its a small herb. location-on the way to eagle nest sanct.in Arunachal Pradesh; snapped on 21st April 10, at 2.30 pm….

  • Merremia species

    Merremia species;           What flower is that? : Attachments (1).  6 posts by 5 authors. Id please. A  Merremia..? The plant in the attached photo is Merremia cordata. Does not seen to match with illustration from Flora of China (may be due to lack of enough details)….

  • 30. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’13

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’13- more than 8500 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 around 1,59,000…

  • Theropogon

    Theropogon pallidus (Wall. ex Kunth) Maxim. (Images by D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Theropogon page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Theropogon page (‎‎‎‎‎‎Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by…

  • Tecticornia indica

    Tecticornia indica (Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 327 (2007). (syn: Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq.; Halosarcia indica (Willd.) Paul G.Wilson; Salicornia indica Willd.; Sarcathria indica (Willd.) Raf.) as per POWO; Tecticornia indica (Willd.) K. A. Sheph. & Paul G. Wilson subsp. indica (Syn: (≡) Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.)…

  • Pedicularis longiflora var. tubiformis

    Pedicularis longiflora var. tubiformis (Klotzsch) Tsoong, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3(3): 278, 318-319 278 1955. (Syn: Pedicularis longiflora subsp. tubiformis (Klotzsch) Pennell; Pedicularis tubiformis Klotzsch);   Herbs annual, 10-18 cm tall. Stems usually short, glabrescent. Basal leaves in a rosette; petiole 1-2 cm, sparsely long ciliate; leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly…

  • Shining moss at Pune

          efloraofindia:”For Id 30072013MR1’’ shining moss at Pune : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. July 2013 Pune requesting identification of this shining moss      

  • Launaea intybacea ?

    Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd, “Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, ser. 2, 2: 114. 1910.” 114 1910. (syn: Brachyramphus caribaeus DC.; Brachyramphus goraeensis (Lam.) DC.; Brachyramphus heyneanus Wight; Brachyramphus intybaceus (Jacq.) DC.; Brachyramphus remotiflorus (DC.) Kamelin; Brachyramphus sonchifolius Thwaites; Brachyramphus sonchifolius DC.; Brachyramphus taraxacoides DC.; Chondrilla indica Steud.; Chondrilla racemosa (Michx.) Poir.;…

  • Urban Tree from Pune

          Urban Tree for ID from Pune: Attachments (1).  4 posts by 2 authors. Please ID a large tree from leaves, I will keep a follow-up on flowers/fruits in future.  Tree about 15 m tall; canopy spreading.  Leaves opposite, paripinnate, 30-40 cm long; stipules ovate, 8 mm, acuminate, coriaceous;…

  • Cirsium eriophoroides

    Cirsium eriophoroides (Hook. fil.) Petr., Biblioth. Bot. 78: 9 (1912) (syn: Cirsium bolocephalum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Cirsium bolocephalum var. racemosum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Cirsium bolocephalum var. setchwanicum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Cnicus eriophoroides Hook. fil.); . E. Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, Yunnan) and Myanmar (Kachin): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO; ….

  • Become a Tree Ambassador

        Fwd: Become a Tree Ambassador: Adopt a Tree on BNHS Nature Reserve : 1 post by 1 author. I wish to inform you all that BNHS Nature Reserve in Goregaon completes 30 years of its existence this year while its Conservation Education Centre completes 20 years, to celebrate this…

  • Ehretia species- Chandigarh rose garden

    ID Please : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. attaching the photographs of foliage of a tree. failed to capture flowers or fruits of the tree despite my repeated attempts. may be the flowers are short lived and the tree doesn’t fruit here in my locality. the details are…

  • Ganoderma species- Sagar upvan (BPT gardens, Colaba), Mumbai

      Request for Mushroom ID : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 3 authors. These large mushrooms were seen at Sagar upvan (BPT gardens, Colaba), Mumbai on 30 Auguust ’09. Are these what we commonly call Bracket fungus? Request ID of the same please. Thank you. I dont know more about…

  • Habenaria species ?- kodachadri range

          requesting id please :   Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. here continues kodachadri range plant photos;confirm/valuate/id it please. I would be grateful if you can share picture of leaves.    

  • Nymphaea caerulea (Cultivated)

    Nymphaea caerulea Savigny, Décade égyptienne 1:71(74?). 1798 (Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1:366, t.25. 1802) (Syn: (≡) Castalia caerulea (Savigny) Tratt.; (≡) Leuconymphaea caerulea (Savigny) Kuntze; (=) “Nymphaea ampla Kotschy ex Casp., nom. inval.“; (=) Nymphaea caerulea var. albiflora Casp.; (=) Nymphaea caerulea var. versicolor T. Durand & H. Durand; (=)…

  • Asteraceae member- Pune

      Asteraceae Fortnight Part 3-Ligulate Heads : 10072013MR04 wild herb from Pune for ID-MR04 : Attachments (3). 6 posts by 2 authors. 05/07/2012 Pune requesting identification of this weak wild herb with soft spiny leaves. one unopened bud was seen 11/07/2013 I found a half closed flower on the same…

  • Trianthema triquetra

    Trianthema triquetra Rottler & Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 181 1803. (syn: Trianthema glaucifolia F. Muell.); .  Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Description & Keys– Trianthema portulacastrum & Trianthema triquetra) . An annual herb….

  • Advertise for the post of JRF/SRF at JNTBGRI

        About the post of JRF : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Please find herewith the attachment copy of Advertise for the post of JRF/SRF at Jawahrlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, India. For more details please visit for this link http://www.jntbgri.in/jntbgri/vacancynot.asp  …