• 25. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’13

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’13- more than 8000 species: 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 more than 1,45,000 messages so far & membership currently…

  • Vigna species ?- Split pod in Yeoor region

        Plz id this pod: pa96 – 20feb2013: I saw this split pod … i think it had fallen down from somewhere on a karvanda tree in Yeoor region. Is it posible to identify it? Tks. No size has been mentioned, but this could be Teramnus labialis var. mollis which…

  • Peperomia argyreia (Cultivated)

    Peperomia argyreia (Hook.f.) E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 17: 2 1867. (Syn: Peperomia argyraea Hott. [Invalid]; Peperomia arifolia var. argyreia Hook.f.: Peperomia sandersii C.DC.;                         (≡) Peperomia arifolia var. argyreia Miq. (basionym)); SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Ecuador, Venezuela (Distrito Federal, Miranda), Colombia (I), Tuamotu Arch. (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Taiwan (I)…

  • Sageraea

    Sageraea laurina Dalzell (Images by Anita Kindre, Dinesh Valke, Navendu Page & Prashant Awale (Validated by Tapas Chakrabarty) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images, click on the links))   A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Sageraea…

  • Crateva species- Near Kolhapur

          Id of a tree: Posting a photo of tree in full blossom for id.Location – Near Kolhapur on the way to Devgad.Date -16..2.2013 at 9.00am. Please check with Crateva religiosa G.Forst I was also of the same opinion, but leaflets looked longer than usual to me for…

  • Enkianthus quinqueflorus (Hong Kong)

    Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 277 1790. (Syn: Enkianthus cavaleriei H.Lév.; Enkianthus dunnii H.Lév.; Enkianthus quinqueflorus var. ciliatoserrulatus P.C.Huang & K.M.Li; Enkianthus reticulatus Lindl.; Enkianthus uniflorus Benth.; Enkianthus xantoxanthus H.Lév.; Melidora pellucida Noronha ex Salisb. (Unresolved));      ERICACEAE: Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour. from Hong Kong: Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 277…

  • Enkianthus

      Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour. (Hongkong)     An important document of species of Enkianthus Lour. occurring in India is Panda & Sanjappa (2014). It mentions following species in Indian territories: Enkianthus deflexus (Griff.) C.K.Schneid. (var. deflexus and var. acuminatus) [colour image and diagrams are also given]   Panda, S. and Sanjappa,…

  • Saussurea inversa

    Saussurea inversa Raab-Straube, Willdenowia. 41: 92. 2011 (Syn: Brit. India 3: 377. 1881, not S. glabrata (Candolle) C. Shih (1999); S. gnaphalodes (Royle ex Candolle) Schultz Bipontinus var. glabrata (J. D. Hooker) Handel-Mazzetti; S. hypsipeta Diels var. glabrata (J. D. Hooker) Lipschitz.);   Inverse Snow Lotus;   Image by Suresh…

  • Rubus species- Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

    Rosaceae week_Rubus sp. for ID_RKC07_03102011: (6 pictures) Pl help me to identify this Rubus sp. Loc.: Itanagar, Papumpare district (ca 550msl), Arunachal Pradesh Date: July 2009. How about Rubus hexagynus??? Cant see the larger image but the inflorescence pattern in the ‘Type sheet’ of R. hexagynus looks very different.. Have…

  • Heritage Trees, in and around Bangalore

        Heritage Trees, in and around Bangalore – Book by Vijay Thiruvady: I haven’t seen it, just FYI. http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/3830-photo-book-on-bengalurus-heritage-trees-?s=rss Thanks … for sharing the information. Your interest in trees being a non-botanist is great. Your efforts are laudable in bringing out the tree treasure of Bangalore.      …

  • Justicia glabra

    Justicia glabra K.D.Koenig ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 132 1820. (Syn: Ecbolium abyssinicum Kuntze; Gendarussa abyssinica Hochst. ex Nees; Gendarussa dichotoma Hochst. ex Nees; Rhaphidospora abyssinica Nees (Unresolved); Rhaphidospora glabra (K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees) ;   Images by N. Muthu Karthick (Indentified by P. Santhan & Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran) & Anurag N….

  • Elaeodendron paniculatum

    Elaeodendron paniculatum Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 157 1834. (Synonym : Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen) As per efi thread;   Common name: Panicled Cassine • Malayalam: തന്നീമരമ് Thannimaram • Marathi: मोठा भुत्‍या Motha Bhutya • Tamil: தந்நீரமரம் Tanneermaram        Trees of Lalbagh – bangalore…

  • Common mime host plant

          ID pls – host plant :   Identifying a plant with few features is really difficult. I understand your curiosity. Just keep a track of the development of plant for flowering/fruiting if the plant is accessible to you.Very few characters are visible in the given picture. There is a…

  • Euonymus indicus

    Euonymus indicus B.Heyne ex Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 409 1824. (syn: Euonymus alatus Elmer [Illegitimate]; Euonymus bancanus Miq.; Euonymus coriaceus Ridl.; Euonymus elmeri Merr.; Euonymus goughii Wight; Euonymus horsfieldii Turcz.; Euonymus javanicus Blume ….; Euonymus micropetalus Ridl.; Euonymus sphaerocarpus Hassk.; Euonymus sumatranus Miq.; Euonymus sumatranus Merr. [Illegitimate]; Euonymus timorensis Zipp. ex…

  • Dalbergia foliolosa (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore)

    Dalbergia foliolosa Benth. (Syn: Miscolobium polyphyllum Benth.);  Brazil (N) ; Bahia; Distrito Federal(Brazil) ; Minas Gerais; Rio De Janeiro ; Sao Paulo as per ILDIS;     Trees of Lalbagh – Bangalore – RA – Dalbergia Foliolosa – Jacaranda Rosa Tree: Attachments: Jacaranda Rosa Tree – 0001.jpg Jacaranda Rosa Tree –…

  • Atriplex tatarica aggregate

    Atriplex tatarica L., Sp. Pl. 1053 1753. (syn: Atriplex arazdajanica Kapell; Atriplex diffusa Ten.; Atriplex graeca Willd.; Atriplex incisa Bieb.; Atriplex lasiantha Boiss.; Atriplex multicolora Aell.; Atriplex pruinosa Sieber ex Boiss.; Atriplex veneta Willd.; Chenopodium tataricum (L.) E. H. L. Krause; Obione graeca (Willd.) G. L. Chu; Obione incisa (M. Bieb.)…

  • Lipandra

      Lipandra polysperma (L.) S. Fuentes ? (Images by Balkar Singh (Identified by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) ‎Lipandra page (Amaranthaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Lipandra page (Amaranthaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any…

  • Pteridophytes- Endangered Species of India

        Rare and Threatened Pteridophytes of Asia 2. Endangered Species of India: Threatened species of India, CRFJ, Tokyo Bull. 2012.pdf uploaded at efi site & is available at /files?pli=1 for view & downloading.   Details as below: Rare and Threatened Pteridophytes of Asia 2. Endangered Species of India —…