• Polyscias guilfoylei

    Polyscias guilfoylei (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey, Rhodora 18: 153 1916. (Syn: Aralia guilfoylei W.Bull; Aralia maculata W.Bull; Aralia monstrosa B.S.Williams; Aralia monstrosa hort. ex Truff.; Nothopanax fruticosus var. victoriae (W.Bull) Merr.; Nothopanax guilfoylei (W.Bull) Merr.; Panax guilfoylei (W.Bull) Cogn. & Marchal; Panax laciniata Williams ex hort.; Panax laciniatus B.S.Williams ex W.Richards; Panax victoriae…

  • Brachiaria species- INDONESIA

          Coastal Herb of Java 7 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. A grass, no flower is seen.  ID is requested.  Wait for flowers, still this seems to be a Brachiaria sp.        

  • Common dryland trees of Karnataka

        Book: Common dryland trees of Karnataka : 2 posts by 1 author. Common dryland trees of Karnataka, 2012 by A. Kavitha, N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph   Publication details: First Published in 2012 by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur…

  • Gazania species- Sri Lanka

          Gazania rigens : Confirm ID : Sri Lanka : 120613 : AK-4 : Kindly confirm if these flowers are Gazania rigens. Cultivated, garden flowers. Pictures taken in Sri Lanka on 18/11/2010. efi page on Gazania rigens There is a discussion on Gazania & Arctotis in another thread…

  • Peradeniya, Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka

    Flower For ID : Peradeniya,Sri Lanka : 190613 : AK-2 : Attachments (1).  1 post by 1 author. These flowers have been photographed on 17/11/13 at Peradeniya, Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka. Are these Silk Cotton flowers or something else? Unfortunately I have only this picture. It looks like a Baobab Flower…

  • Jahanpanah forest in Delhi

        jahapnah forest : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. Here are few shots of Jahapanah forest from my window.        

  • Rauwenhoffia

      Rauwenhoffia siamensis Scheff. (Indonesia) ? (Images by Pudji Widodo (Id help by Mahadeswara Swamy) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

  • Tree at Gibbon Sanctuary, Eastern Assam

          ID of Tree-ID15062013SH1 : Attachments (1).  1 post by 1 author. Posting a photo of tree for Id. Date/Time – 17.04.2012 / 09.30 a.m. Location – Place – Gibbon Sanctuary, Eastern Assam Type – Wild          

  • Crateva asiatica ?

        Information about Crateva asiatica : 2 posts by 1 author. Here is a request from …:“I want to know about the Crateva asiatica, a member of Capparidaceae family. To all member, i am requesting to give me information whatever they have.”      

  • Petraeovitex bambusetorum (Cultivated)

    Petraeovitex bambusetorum King & Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 113 1908. (syn: Petraeovitex bambusetorum f. simplicifolia Munir);   Pen. Malaysia (Perak), Borneo as per WCSP;   06062013 ASP 42 : Attachments (1).  4 posts by 4 authors. Can you please ID this ornamental climbing plant with yellow drooping flowers. Photo…

  • Petraeovitex

    Petraeovitex bambusetorum King & Gamble (Cultivated)    

  • Cassia species- Tree 2 yrs since plantation

        ID14062013MSC1 : Attachments (3).  4 posts by 2 authors. Pls help identify this Cassia spp.. Tree 2 yrs since plantation. First time flowering – reddish pink colour. looks like cassia grandis Thanks for the id.. I am really confused between C. grandis, C. renigera & C. roxburghii. They all…

  • Meizotropis pellita

    Meizotropis pellita (Prain) Sanjappa, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 29:219. 1989 (“1987”) (Syn: Butea minor auct. non Baker; Butea pellita Prain;                      (≡) Butea pellita Hook. f. ex Prain (basionym));   A rare and endemic perennial found in Uttarakhand and Nepal;    Images by D S Rawat   Meizotropis pellita: an endemic and…

  • Vernonia arabica (Oman)

    Vernonia arabica F.G.Davies, Kew Bull. 32(4): 775 (1978) 775 1978. ;             Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 2 – Discoid Heads : Vernonia arabica : Oman : 140613 : AK-8 :  Attachments (2).   3 posts by 2 authors. Vernonia arabica from Oman. Found growing on a…

  • Pluchea dioscoridis (Oman)

    Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC., 450 1836. (syn: Baccharis dioscoridis L.; Blumea baccharoides Sch.Bip.; Conyza dioscoridis (L.) Desf.; Conyza kraussii Sch.Bip. ex Walp.; Conyza modatensis Sch.Bip.; Conyza odora Forssk.; Pluchea dioscoridis var. glabra Oliv. & Hiern; Pluchea dioscoridis var. pseudovalis Cufod.; Pluchea kraussii (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Sch.Bip. ex Steetz); Images by…

  • Pluchea arabica (Oman)

    Pluchea arabica (Boiss.) Qaiser & Lack, Willdenowia 15(2): 451 451 1986. (syn: Conyza stenodonta Baker; Pluchea pinnatifida Hook.f.; Varthemia arabica Thomson (Unresolved); Varthemia arabica Boiss.); Image by Aarti Khale    Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 2 : Discoid Heads : Pluchea arabica : Oman : 140613 : AK-6 : Attachments (1).   1…

  • Pulicaria glutinosa (Oman)

    Pulicaria glutinosa (Boiss.) Jaub. & Spach, Illustr. iv. 77. t. 348. (Syn: Platychaete glutinosa (Boiss.) Boiss.; Pterochaete glutinosa Boiss.);   Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Shahina Ghazanfar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 2 :…

  • Iphiona scabra (Oman)

    Iphiona scabra DC., “DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2 2. 1834.” 263 1834. (Syn: Iphiona scabra var. pinnatifida Boiss.);     Images by Aarti Khale (ID by Dr Shahina Ghazanfar, RBG Kew), Inserted by Gurcharan Singh    Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 2 – Discoid Heads : Iphiona scabra : Oman :…

  • Scutellaria insignis (Korea)

    Scutellaria insignis Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 2 1915.;           Korean Endemic Scutellaria_RKC_01_13062013 : Attachments (3).  5 posts by 3 authors. Hope you’ll like this post. Scutellaria insignis Nakai Endemic to Korea Loc.: Byeonsan Date: 04 June 2013             References: The Plant…

  • Neoshirakia japonica (S. Korea)

    Neoshirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Esser, Blumea 43: 129 1998. (Syn: Croton sirakii Siebold & Zucc. [Invalid]; Excoecaria japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Müll.Arg.; Neoshirakia atrobadiomaculata (F.P.Metcalf) Esser & P.T.Li; Sapium atrobadiomaculatum F.P.Metcalf; Sapium japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Shirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hurus.; Stillingia japonica Siebold &…