• Flora checklist for a RF in Chennai

        Flora checklist for a RF in Chennai: Please check this online paper that has been published today. I also contributed a little for this publication and I hope this will be useful for those referring Flora of Chennai and also for Scrub jungle flora. Check this link: http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL103-11 Nice…

  • grass seeds

        grass seeds: Can someone suggest me the grass variety for our lawn, size about 1/4 of an acre. in last two years lots of weeds has grown so we removed them now we need to put some new grass in that.    

  • Alocasia micholitziana (Cultivated)

    Alocasia micholitziana Sander, Gard. Chron. III, 51(Suppl.): 1912. ;  Images by (Bhagyashri Ranade – validation by Ajinkya Gadve ) efloraofindia:”For Id 11102011MR4’’ Resurfacing for Id ? Alocasia micholitziana “Frydek” Pune: Can this be Alocasia micholitziana “Frydek” I found similar looking leaves at the following link on Alocasia http://www.kallus.com/aroids/alocasia/alocasia.htm Also here…

  • TAW at Ranibagh on 19th Feb., 2012

        TAW at Ranibagh on 19th Sunday AT 8 am: We, a group of nature lovers have decided to start Tree Appreciation Walks in Mumbai. Our aim is to create awareness and inculcate a love for the trees. You are most welcome to join us forour walks. Our next…

  • Leucas inflata (Oman)

    Leucas inflata Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 744 1835. (Syn: Leucas acrodonta Steud. [Invalid]; Leucas schimperi C.Presl; Physoleucas acrodonta Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas arabica Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas pachystachya Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas schimperi (C.Presl) Jaub. & Spach);            Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week : Request for ID…

  • ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ book

        ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ book: ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ by Dr Satish Pande, Niranjan Sant, Vivek Vishwasrao, Mandar Datar. Published by Ela Foundation. Any reviews please? Something is better than nothing. Good for people who are not looking for taxonomic and scientific details. Only pictures are…

  • Dasmularishta

        Acanthaceae week: Eranthemum roseum: …………………………. What is Dashmularishta? Dasmularishta: is fermented/ alcohol containing extract (medicated wine / sort of ) made from a month’s fermentation of Guda/jaggery and extracts of Dahmuls…ten roots… plus 40+ other (some say 53) herbs…main are the Dashmula …roots of 1. Aswenna – Alysicarpus…

  • Cryptochilus roseus (Hong Kong)

    Cryptochilus roseus (Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood, in Fl. China 25: 362 (2009).   Synonyms:Eria rosea Lindl., Bot. Reg. 12: t. 978 (1826).Octomeria rosea (Lindl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 310 (1827).Xiphosium roseum (Lindl.) Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 364 (1845).Pinalia rosea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 (1891).  …

  • Citations, the Internet, and Wikipedia

        Citations, the Internet, and Wikipedia: How do people approach teaching students how to cite an internet source? If one is citing an on-line article with an authors and date, I don’t think there is much of a problem, however how does one deal with wikipedia? My thinking is that wikipedia…

  • Mussaenda erosa (Hong Kong)

    Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 193 1852. ;             Rubiaceae Week: Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth.: Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 193 (1852). Family: RUBIACEAEDistribution: China, Hong Kong, Nansei-shoto, Laos, Vietnam…

  • SOLAR BOTTLE BULB

        OT: a really wonderful idea: though this mail has nothing to do with trees or flowers, it has something to do with our environment.So I thought of sharing it with you. Perhaps you forward this mail to NGOs or other groups, or you may know where to implement…

  • Bolusanthus speciosus (Cultivated)

    Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2:15. 1906 (Syn: Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus);        Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore – Bolusanthus speciosus, (Bolus) Harms African Wisteria Tree – RA: (10 images) This decorative, small to medium-sized tree is deciduous, dropping its leaves only for a short period…

  • Bolusanthus

    Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms  

  • Bassia dasyphylla

    Bassia dasyphylla (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 546 1891. (Syn: Bassia caspica (Lehm. ex Bunge) Ulbr.; Bassia divaricata (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze; Bassia fiedleri (Kar. & Kir.) Aellen; Chenolea divaricata (Kar. & Kir.) Hook.f.; Echinopsilon caspicus Bunge; Echinopsilon dasyphyllus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Moq.; Echinopsilon divaricatus Kar. &…

  • Millettia glaucescens

    Millettia glaucescens Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 67 (1873) (syn: Millettia prainii Dunn; Phaseoloides glaucescens Kuntze); .  Bhutan (N); India (N); Assam; Sikkim; West Bengal; Myanmar (N); Nepal (N); Thailand (N) as per ILDIS; . Legume from West Bengal for Id: Request for Id Collected from West…

  • Amaranthus hybridus

    Amaranthus hybridus L., Sp. Pl. 990 1753. (syn: Amaranthus aureus Moq.; Amaranthus batalleri Sennen; Amaranthus bellardii Moq.; Amaranthus berchtholdii Moq.; Amaranthus catechu Moq.; Amaranthus caudatus Baker & Clarke, in Dyer; Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.; Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus S. Watson; Amaranthus eugenii Sennen; Amaranthus flavescens Moq.; Amaranthus hecticus Willd.; Amaranthus hybridus…

  • Rhododendron virgatum

    Rhododendron virgatum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 26(A) 1851. (syn: Rhododendron oleifolium Franch.; Rhododendron virgatum var. glabriflorum K.M. Feng ex R.C. Fang; Rhododendron virgatum var. oleifolium Demoly; Rhododendron virgatum subsp. oleifolium (Franch.) Cullen);      Id for Rhododendron sp poss R.virgatum ?, Lama Camp, Eaglenest, Arunanchal Pradesh:…

  • Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus

    Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, Sida 19: 984 2001. (syn: Albersia blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f.; Albersia oleracea (L.) Kunth; Amaranthus ascendens var. oleraceus (L.) Thell. ex Priszter; Amaranthus circinnatus Poir.; Amaranthus lividus L.; Amaranthus lividus subsp. oleraceus (L.) Soó; Amaranthus obtusiflorus (Mart.) Kov.; Amaranthus officinalis Gromov ex Trautv.;…

  • Rhizophora apiculata

    Rhizophora apiculata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 91 91 1827. (Syn: Rhizophora candelaria DC.); Australia (N-Northern Territory, NE-Queensland), Java, Bismarck Archipelago, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Sumatra, Thailand, Borneo, Philippines (throughout), Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. (New Britain), peninsular Malaysia (all coasts), Singapore, Cocos (Keeling) Isl., China…