• Corylopsis

      Corylopsis gotoana Makino (S. Korea)  

  • Badlapur, Thane dist.- Tree about 12 ft high.

          Tree ID – 2 : EPF, photos of Erythrina spp taken from mobile phone on 17th March 2013. Place : Badlapur, Thane dist. Elev : 100 ft Tree about 12 ft high. Tree with fresh leaves bearing citrus like fruits.  Sorry couldnot get better quality pics. Pls…

  • efloraindia, efloraofindia or both in the subject line ?

        efloraindia, efloraofindia or both in the subject line?: For last few days I am receiving mails from Indiantreepix with a subject line containing both titles viz. efloraindia and efloraofindia. I am unable to divert these mails into a folder. Can someone help me? Recently … decided to change…

  • 1. About Google Groups- links

    About Google Groups- links;       … the new look of Google Groups are questions and discussion moderated?: Problems accessing images from older posts How to go to older threads quickly in new google groups format ?: Drop-off, disappearance of postings        

  • Very recent google tweaks (17.3.13)

        very recent google tweaks :  For the past three days i find that google has made some changes in our group-site – https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/indiantreepix. Some buttons which were very useful to me are now missing. Earlier i certainly received any comment posted in my posts (please see the attached screenshot)….

  • Aristolochia tagala

    Aristolochia tagala Cham., Linnaea 7: 207 1832. (syn: Aristolochia acuminata Lam.; Aristolochia angulosa Wall. ex Duch.; Aristolochia eschscholtzii Ledeb. ex Duchesne; Aristolochia roxburghiana Klotzsch; Aristolochia subsagittata Blanco);   It is widely distributed: the distribution is from the Himalaya to Sri Lanka through South East Asia (includes Myanmar, Indonesia, Indochina, and…

  • Chambal Tree Unid

          ChambalTree Unid :  Would appreciate the id of this tree. I thought it was Dhak, but the tree is leafless, and there are those dry branches. This was the sole tree and it stuck out like a sore thumb in the arid landscape. This was taken on March…

  • Nan neer kalan (mushroom with potable water)

          Sreevilliputhur 030313 TBN 1 for id :  4 images. 7 posts by 4 authors. Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: Date : 22.10.12                                                              Location :Sreevilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Sanctuary; above Ayyanar falls; Mavarasiamman koil Altitude :approx 1000 to 2000 ft Habitat :wild Habit 😕…

  • Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Cultivated)

    Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Burm.f.) N.E.Br., Möller’s Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 43: 400 1928. (syn: Cleretum bellidiforme (Burm.f.) G.D.Rowley (unresolved); Mesembryanthemum bellidiforme Burm.f. (unresolved);                               Dorotheanthus muirii L. Bolus; Dorotheanthus oculatus var. oculatus N.E. Br.; Dorotheanthus oculatus var. saldhanensis L. Bolus;                         (=) Mesembryanthemum criniflorum L. f.);   Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Anil Thakur), Narendra…

  • Dorotheanthus

      Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Burm.f.) N.E.Br. (Cultivated) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Anil Thakur), Narendra Joshi & DS Rawat  (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) ‎Dorotheanthus page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Dorotheanthus page with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me)….

  • Invasive species control

        Invasive species control : 10 posts by 7 authors. Recently I came across a post of Dendrobium barbatulum growing on Acacia. So I felt like writing about it. There are many ways to look at it, but ultimately it is not a happy moment in anycase.   Orchid…

  • Echinopsis chamaecereus

    Echinopsis chamaecereus H.Friedrich & Glaetzle, Bradleya 1: 96 1983. (syn: Cereus silvestrii Speg.; Cereus silvestrii var. crassicaulis Backeb.; Chamaecereus silvestrii (Speg.) Britton & Rose; Lobivia silvestrii (Speg.) G.D. Rowley);   Peanut Cactus;       Cactus for ID : MNP,Mumbai : 120313 : AK-1 : 1image. 4 posts by 2 authors….

  • Uncommon trees of mysore and glimpse of Ranganathittu flora

        Few Uncommon trees of mysore and glimpse of Ranganathittu flora :  Visit following link in MYSORENATURE.ORG on above subject for more information, drafted by KBS Sir.http://www.mysorenature.org/mysorenature/uncommon-trees-of-mysorehttp://www.mysorenature.org/mandya-sector/ranganathittu-bird-sanctuary/flora-of-ranganathittu        

  • Mucuna gigantea

    Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2:405. 1825 (syn: Carpopogon giganteum (Willd.) Roxb.; Dolichos gigantea Willd. [Spelling variant]; Dolichos giganteus Willd.; Mucuna gigantea subsp. tashiroi (Hayata) H. Ohashi & Tateishi; Mucuna grevei Drake; Mucuna tashiroi Hayata; Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken; Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Spreng.; Stizolobium giganteum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Stizolobium quadrialatum (Baker)…

  • Impatiens mullaingiriensis

    Impatiens mullaingiriensis Bhaskar, Taxon. Monogr. Impatiens W. Ghats 159. 2012;   India (Karnataka) as per Catalogue of life;    Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: RKC_04 :: 08 MAR 13 :: Balsaminaceae » Impatiens sp. 02 from Kemmanugundi :  3 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Impatiens sp. for ID…

  • Strombocactus disciformis

    Strombocactus disciformis (DC.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 106-107, f. 115, 116 106 1922. (syn: Mammillaria disciformis DC.; Strombocactus jarmilae Halda);       Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 110313 : AK-2 : 1 image. 3 posts by 2 authors. Another cactus seen at the flower show in…

  • Strombocactus

      Strombocactus disciformis (DC.) Britton & Rose  

  • Impatiens travancorica

    Impatiens travancorica Bedd., Icon. pl. Ind. or. 29., t. 142. 1868 ; Image by Santhosh Kumar – validation by V.Bhaskar   Annual herb, 10-15 cm high; stems branched, rarely glabrous. Leaves rosulate at top, ovate-elliptic, crenate and ciliate on crenatures at margin, subacute at apex, 1-3 x 1-2 cm; petioles…

  • Argyreia species- Lonavala, Mulshi, Pune

          identification no100313sn1 : 4 images. 8 posts by 8 authors. Please Help in identification of this plant. date/time:oct12 location:ambyvalley rd, lonavala,mulshi,pune habitat:wild plant habit:climber height:may be 5-6 ft. Argyreia sp I presume Ipomoea sp Most probably Argyreia speciosa. Pictures relating to habit, close up of the flower(s)…

  • Impatiens aliciae

    Impatiens aliciae C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 389 1934. ; Images by E.S. Santhosh Kumar     Annual herb, 20-35 cm high, often procumbent; stems branched; internodes 5-7 cm long. Leaves opposite, subsessile, linear-lanceolate, narrow at base, serrate at margin, apiculate at apex, 2-10 x 0.3-0.9 cm, glabrous or…