• Pelargonium grandiflorum (Cultivated)

    Pelargonium grandiflorum (Andrews) Willd., Sp. pl. 3(1):674. 1800 (Syn: Eumorpha grandiflora (Andr.) Eckl. & Zeyh.; Geraniospermum grandiflorum (Andr.) Kuntze; (≡) Geranium grandiflorum Andrews (basionym));  South Africa (W-Cape Prov.), Bolivia (c), Spain (c) as per Catalogue of Life;     Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae-Pelargonium x grandiflorum ‘Aristo’ from California-GS-27 : Pelargonium…

  • Desmodium tortuosum

    Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 2:332. 1825 (Syn: Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle; Desmodium purpureum Hook. & Arn.; Desmodium stipulaceum DC.; Desmodium tortuosum Webb; Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.; Hedysarum purpureum Mill.; Hedysarum purpureum Roxb.; Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.; Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Small; Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze;                                      (=) Meibomia purpurea…

  • Cycas species ?

    Cycas species ?;      Plant for ID : 28012013 : RV 2: Please ID this plant…..taken picture today in one of the garden of Mumbai. LOOKS LIKE Encephalartos villosus not sure Cycas To me it looks like a Cycad var. Encephalartos for sure. cant comment on the species. To…

  • Artocarpus lacucha ?

    Artocarpus lacucha Buch.-Ham. (Syn: Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb.) ?; .  Plant id feom BD_sm_604 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Habitat : mixed bush Location : Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh Photo taken : Jan, 2018 To be Bridelia or Ficus sp. also. Any other images ? May be Artocarpus…

  • Thottea

    Indian Species of the genus Thottea Rottb. (Aristolochiaceae) : 1 image (12 species). 9 posts by 9 authors. Attached an image of Indian species of Thottea belongs to Aristolochiaceae. Forget to add the very recent finding from Andamans by Dr Murugan et al. Hope this will help to find out your…

  • 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)…