• Dopatrium nudicaule

    Dopatrium nudicaule (Willd.) Benth., Scroph. Ind. 31 1835. (Syn: Gratiola aphylla Roth; Gratiola cuneifolia Roxb.; Gratiola nudicaulis Willd.); Sri Lanka, S-India as per Catalogue of India;   Small plant for identification 150113MK01: 5 correct images as above. Please help me to identify this small herb found on the estuary region….

  • Botanical Art

          Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas: Continuing my effort of sharing my botanical illustrations, would like to share ink illustration for Cerbera manghas. Great art, fantastic effort and skill, ……………………. To answer your other question about the illustration, I have been illustrating for quite some time as a…

  • Barringtonia acutangula ?

    Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.  ?;     tree identification 18012013NAW1: Kindly identify this tree – unfortunately i do not have a proper full view. Date- Dec 28th 2012 Location- Jijamata Udhan aka Ranibagh, Byculla, Mumbai, Maharashtra Habitat- Garden (Ranibagh is the mini-zoo of Mumbai, of colonial origin but now managed by…

  • Alocasia fornicata

    Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410 1854. (Syn: Arum fornicatum Roxb.; Colocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Kunth); . Alocasia or Colocasia? Hooghly 17-01-13 sk2: This is a common wild herb around our school, a bit bigger than wild Colocasia antiquorum Schott, but with glossy leaves. Species : UNKNOWN H…

  • Barleria nitida

    Barleria nitida Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 91 1832. (Syn: Barleria bracteata F.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke); .    10012013 BRS434: Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request. Location: Pichandikulam, Pondichery Date: 10.01.2013 Habitat: Garden Habit: Herb looks like Barleria cristata This is Barleria nitida very common in the…

  • Livistona decipiens

      Livistona decipiens Becc., Webbia 3:301. 1910 ;  Images by N Muthu Karthick & Bimal Sarkar (Inserted by Nadeem Waqif & J.M.Garg)     SYMBIOSIS :284: Attaching an image of a female Koel on the fruits of Weeping Palm. As I am not a botanist and my way of identification…

  • ILLUSTRATED AQUATIC AND WETLAND PLANTS IN HARMONY WITH MANKIND

        Your Interest in Aquatic Plants: Mr Ghosh is the author of this book, so he is speaking from experience…. and searching I found this following about the book and the author at vanguard books site: I quote: About this book ILLUSTRATED AQUATIC AND WETLAND PLANTS IN HARMONY WITH…

  • Piper mullesua

    Piper mullesua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 20 20 1825. (Syn: Artanthe brachystachya Miq. ex C.DC.; Chavica guigual Miq.; Chavica mullesua (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Miq.; Chavica sphaerostachya Wall. ex Miq.; Piper brachystachyum Wall. ex Hook. f.; Piper guigual Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Piper vasculosum Wall.; Piperi mullesuanum (Buch.-Ham.)…

  • Olea species- Barapani, Shillong, Meghalaya

      Unknown tree from Barapani, Shillong: 4 images. Attached images are unknown tree from Barapani, Shillong. Date :19.10.2012 Location: Barapani, Shillong Family : Unknwon Genus & species : Unknown Habitat: Grows on the garden Habit : Tree Flower : Not seen Fruits : Present It may be an Olea species….

  • Sapling of a tree from a seed from Karnala Bird Sanctuary

          Please identify this sapling – NS 160113: Please identify this sapling of a tree. It was grown from a seed collected possibly from Karnala Bird Sanctuary. Xylia xylocarpa. Yerul or Jambha. Leaves 2 pinnate, pinnae 2-4 pairs, gland on the petiole between pinnae, lower leaflets smaller and…

  • Persicaria longiseta ?

    Plz id this herb: pa90 – 14jan2013: Plz id this herb growing on the rocky ground in Yeoor region. It is flowering now. Tks. Some Polygonum species? This is the Common Marsh Buckwheat [Polygonum glabrum]. My photographs of this are available at this link   Not P. glabra because in…

  • spiny shrub from Hooghly 14-01-13

          spiny shrub from Hooghly 14-01-13 sk2: Found this spiny shrub in village outskirts. Species : UNKNOWN H & H : wild shrub in outskirts, no flower or fruit seen Date : 5/1/13 Place : Hooghly I hope i will be able to find its flower or fruit…

  • Cornus sunhangii

    Cornus sunhangii T.Deng, Z.Y.Lv & Zhi M.Li, Phytotaxa 409: 277 (2019); . Tibet as per POWO; . Cornus sp. from Khorrung, Ukhrul, Manipur for ID help: 3 images. We found this Cornus sp. on top of Khurrong Hill in Manipur on the site of a Japanese camp during WW2. The…

  • DONGA

        Hooghly Today : nostalgia: After a long time i see this and i cannot help but share it with you. In my childhood i tried to operate them also! I wonder if it was the same all over our country or people employed various method! Perhaps all over…

  • Order Liliales

            … met Aarti Khale ji at Rani Baug on 9 FEB 11: ………………………….. – Based on molecular analysis as well as morphological differences, by the top experts of the world, the order LILIALES was broken down into three Liliales Asparagales Diosocoreales Asparagales included many of the…

  • Seed trading forums in India

        Seed trading forums in India: Does anyone know of any seed exchange forum in India to trade seeds ? Can anyone in India trade seeds with any foreign gardener ? Is there any restriction in such exchange in India ? Any answer based on experience should be better….

  • Kohautia gracilis

    Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC., Prodr. 4: 430 1830.  (Syn: Hedyotis aspera Bedd. [Illegitimate]; Hedyotis delessertiana Steud.; Hedyotis fusca Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Hedyotis gracilis Wall.; Hedyotis stricta Wall.; Oldenlandia gracilis (Wall.) Hook.f.); . Images by Gurcharan Singh (ID DS Rawat), inserted by Gurcharan Singh Small herb for ID-GSMAY2016/08 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly help with the ID of this small herb photographed from Almora, Uttarakhand on April 15, 2012…

  • Neanotis subtilis

    Neanotis subtilis (Miq.) Govaerts ex Punekar & Lakshmin. (Syn: Anotis foetida Hook.f.; Hedyotis foetida Dalzell [Illegitimate]; Hedyotis subtilis Miq.; Hedyotis tenella Miq. ex Hook.f.; Hedyotis tenuiflora Schltdl. ex Hook.f.; Neanotis foetida (Dalzell) W.H.Lewis; Neanotis hohenackeri P.Daniel & Vajr. [Illegitimate]); . India as per Catalogue of Life; . Rubiaceae week: Neanotis…

  • Dwarf OR Miniature Ixora in gardens of Thane

          Rubiaceae Week :: For ID – DV :: 16DEC06 :: Dwarf OR Miniature Ixora in gardens of Thane: ID please. Place: urban Thane Time: Dec 16 & 17, 2006Habit: small shrub, bushHabitat: garden; planted on length of compound wallPlant height: about 1 ft. … Not sure if…

  • PL480 weeds

        Hooghly Today : Dieffenbachia ???: ………………….. ………………………….. PL480 is /was a bill passed by US Senate (upper house in our parlance) and signed into law by President Eisenhower… in 1954, as part of US govt given aid around the world, under the program FOOD for PEACE, read it…