• Sempervivum species/ hybrids

    Sempervivum species/ hybrids;       Succulent For ID : BBC Show,Mumbai : 160513 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). A small potted plant seen at the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai on 31/3/13. Id please. That looks like Sempervivum to me …, But it has to be something else I’m…

  • PLANT CONSERVATION DAY

        PLANT CONSERVATION DAY MAY 18, 2013 : 2 posts by 2 authors. As everyone of you are aware that Botanic gardens, museums, science centres, universities, schools, and many others worldwide will all be celebrating the wonders and importance of plants on Saturday 18th May 2013 as the wonders…

  • Alocasia ‘Bambino Arrow’

    Alocasia ‘Bambino Arrow’;     Ornamental Plant For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 160513 : AK-1 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 2 authors.  An ornamental plant seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 25/2/12. Small, potted, cultivated plant. nice pic may be the plant is Alocasia…

  • Euphorbia cylindrifolia (Cultivated)

    Euphorbia cylindrifolia Marn.-Lap. & Rauh, Kakteen And. Sukk. 12: 69 1961. ; Images by (Aarti Khale – validation by N.P.Balakrishnan) & (Promila Chaturvedi – Id by Dan Rhoads & Linda Gleisser)    South-west Madagascar: Fort-Dauphin area. This species is common in some areas. South-western dry forests and bush  (From  IUCN Red List (EN) )   …

  • Calendula species?- Shillong, Meghalaya

    Asteraceae Week (Part I – Radiate heads) ::ID Request-1 at Shillong :: PKA10: : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. This was photographed at “Shillong”.  Was it cultivated or wild? I am not able to recollect properly, but most probably it was wild. I don’t exactly know it. But…

  • Native Tree species seeds

        Native Tree species seeds : 2 posts by 2 authors. I’m looking for seeds of native tree species (palash, mahua, bakul, honge, dhoop, Filicium decipiens, etc). Can any of you tell me from where I can source them in Bangalore? Pls contact Mr. Suresh of Suresh Agroforestry Network….

  • Cassia species- Lalbagh, Bangalore

      Fabaceae – Caesalpinioideae – ID reqd – 091211 – RK:  9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Pic taken in Lalbagh on 13-04-08 at 8.15 am. I do not have more details– i had joined indiatreepix some time later.. this is Cassia ,, may be species nodosa?? i think … could…

  • Asteraceae Fortnights: List of Plants uploaded

        Asteraceae Week Part I-Radiate heads::Statistics Dr Satish Phadke : 5 posts by 4 authors. I have compiled the statistics of the plants posted during the fortnight of Family Asteraceae Part 1 Radiate heads. There might be few duplications due to synonymy or different nomenclature. My count came as…

  • Zinnia elegans (Introduced)

    Zinnia elegans Jacq., Icon. pl. rar. 3:15, t. 589. 1792 (“1786-1793”); Collectanea 5:152. 1797 (“1796”), nom. cons. (Syn: (≡) Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze;  Crassina linearis (Benth.) Kuntze; Zinnia australis F. M. Bailey; Zinnia linearis Benth.; (=) Zinnia violacea Cav.); . Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico…

  • Gerbera species- Hanging gardens Mumbai

          Asteraceae Week (Part I – Radiate heads) : : Attachments (2).   Aster for ID – Location Hanging gardens Mumbai. Gerbera..        

  • Euphorbia horrida (Cultivated)

    Euphorbia horrida Boiss., Cent. Euphorb. 27 1860. (Syn: Euphorbia horrida var. major A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane; Euphorbia horrida var. noorsveldensis A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane; Euphorbia horrida var. striata A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane);   Image by Aarti Khale – Id by Linda Gleisser & Dr.Sangwan Euphorbia horrida (African milk barrel) is…

  • Magnolia coco (Cultivated)

    Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. (Syn: Gwillimia indica Rottler ex DC.; Lirianthe coco (Lour.) N.H. Xia & C.Y. Wu; Liriodendron coco Lour.; Liriopsis pumila Spach ex Baill.; Talauma coco (Lour.) Merr.); . Common name: Dwarf Magnolia, Cempaka Telur, Cempaka Gondok, Coconut Magnolia . IDENTITY : 34 : Attaching an image of…

  • Echinacea purpurea (Cultivated)

    Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 591 1794. (Syn: Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton; Echinacea intermedia Lindl. ex Paxton; Echinacea purpurea var. arkansana Steyerm.; Echinacea purpurea f. liggettii Steyerm.; Echinacea purpurea var. serotina (Nutt.) L.H.Bailey; Echinacea serotina (Sweet) D.Don ex G.Don f.; Echinacea serotina (Sw.) DC.; Echinacea speciosa (Wender.) Paxton; Helichroa…

  • Senecio tropaeolifolius (Cultivated- USA)

    Senecio tropaeolifolius MacOwan ;  Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Click link to see details)    Asteraceae Fortnight Part 1-Radiate Heads: Senecio tropaeolifolius from California-GS96 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Senecio tropaeolifolius MacOwan photographed from California.        References: The Plant List  Encyclopedia of Life  Calphotos

  • Three medicinal plants of Sri Lanka

          130513 – ASP 13, 14, 15 : Attachments (3). Please find three medicinal plants that are commonly used in indegenous medicine. They were all collected in March 2013 from a herbal garden in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Can you please identify them.1. 130513 – ASP13…

  • Kleinia stapeliiformis (USA)

    Kleinia stapeliiformis (E.Phillips) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 150: t. 9030 9030 1924. (Syn: Senecio stapeliiformis Phillips);    Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Asteraceae Fortnight Part 1-Radiate Heads: Senecio stapeliiformis from California-GS95 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Senecio…

  • Aster species- Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

          Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 1 – Radiate Heads : Request For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 130513 : AK-24 : Aster species seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 23/2/12. A cultivated, ornamental, garden plant. Id please.        

  • Euphorbia meloformis (Introduced)

    Euphorbia meloformis Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 135 1789. (syn: Euphorbia meloformis f. falsa (N.E.Br.) Marx; Euphorbia meloformis f. magna R.A.Dyer ex Marx; Euphorbia meloformis subsp. valida (N.E.Br.) G.D.Rowley; Euphorbia meloniformis Lem.; Euphorbia pomiformis Thunb.; Euphorbia pyriformis N.E.Br.; Euphorbia valida N.E.Br.); . Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Cactus For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 010513 : AK-3 : Attachments…

  • Solidago species- Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai

          Asteraceae Week (Part I – Radiate heads) :: Goldenrod in Mumbai garden :: 12 AUG 07 :: DV45 : 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors. Goldenrod Goldenrods, name given to species of Solidago, about 100 of them, most of which are natives of North America, and…