• Lonchocarpus sericeus (Introduced)

    Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir.) DC. (syn: Derris sericea (Poir.) Ducke; Lonchocarpus cruentus Lundell; Lonchocarpus formosanus DC.; Lonchocarpus pyxidarius DC.; Lonchocarpus sericeus subsp. sericeus ; Robinia sericea Poir.); . Re190911-MS -46-ID needed: I am attaching the photographs of a tree (Leguminosae). Place : On a road in J P Nagar, Mysore. Date…

  • Lonchocarpus

    Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir.) DC.  

  • Native Trees for Urban Spaces

        Native Trees for Urban spaces.: I would like to introduce myself as a new member to this group. I stay in Bangalore. My group of friends are researching native forest trees around Bangalore and studying their interdependance on Birds, Butterflies, Bees, Insects and small Mammals. We are in…

  • Androsace lanuginosa

    Androsace lanuginosa Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 15 1824. (Syn: Androsace lanuginosa var. glabrior Wall.; Androsace lanuginosa var. leitichii auct.; Primula lanuginosa (Wall.) Bennet & Raizada (Unresolved); Primula lanuginosa Kuntze (Unresolved); Primula lanuginosa (Wall. ex Roxb.) Raizada (Unresolved)); . W. Himalaya to W. Nepal: as per POWO; . Woolly Rock Jasmine; . Flora of…

  • Vachellia nilotica subsp. tomentosa ?

    Vachellia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:515. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia arabica var. tomentosa Benth. (basionym); (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan)) as per GRIN; . Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan (Syn: Acacia arabica var. tomentosa Benth.; Acacia nilotica var. tomentosa (Benth.) A.F.Hill) as…

  • Merrillia caloxylon (Introduced)

    Merrillia caloxylon (Ridl.) Swingle, Philipp. J. Sci., C. 13: 337 1919. (syn: Murraya caloxylon Ridl.); . native range is Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia as per POWO; . Rutaceae week: unusual long petal Murraya from Hooghly: Today i found this Murraya paniculata at Dhaniakhali, famous for its handloom sari, Hooghly. This one…

  • Shuteria

    Shuteria involucrata (Wall.) Wight & Arn.         Shuteria involucrata ?  

  • Pavetta hispidula

    Pavetta hispidula Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 431 1834. (Syn: Ixora hispidula (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze); . Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3  By Thamminen Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Description & Keys- Pavetta indica, breviflora, tomentosa & hispidula) . Images by B. Rathinasabapathy…

  • Syzygium gardneri

    Syzygium gardneri Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 117 1859. (Syn: Eugenia gardneri (Thwaites) Bedd.);   S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP;     Large canopy tree ID: 12 images. Isolated trees scattered in Joida forest Dandeli WLS. Habitat. We measured the girth of one huge tree and it measured 15.5ft….

  • Parmotrema

    Parmotrema species- Ooty, Tamilnadu

  • Dendrobium keithii

    Dendrobium keithii Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 247 1896. (Syn: Aporum keithii (Ridl.) M.A.Clem.); . Andaman Islands, Assam to Thailand: Andaman Is., Assam, Thailand as per POWO; . Orchid from Nicobar for ID_RKC01_06112011: Orchid for ID plz. Loc.: Campbell bay, Nicobar Island, India Date: Dec, 2009 The habit of…

  • Cephaleuros species ?

    Cephaleuros species ?;     Cephaleuros?: A trip to Ooty found Cephaleuros in some tree. On close look it was a real competition between the paracytic algae and Lichen.      

  • Indigofera glandulosa var. sykesii

    Indigofera glandulosa var. sykesii Baker (Syn: Indigofera glandulosa var. sykesii B.K.V.Kumar & Ramayya; Indigofera monosperma Blatt.); India (N) ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra as per ILDIS; Images by Satish Phadke (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   Indigofera glandulosa var. sykesii (mixed thread): 2 posts by 1 author  I am deliberately adding this species in the same…

  • Macroptilium atropurpureum (Introduced)

    Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. (Syn: Phaseolus affinis Piper; Phaseolus atropurpureus DC.; Phaseolus atropurpureus Torr.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. canescens (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. ecuadoriensis Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. pseuderythroloma Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. sericeus A. Gray; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. vestitus (Hook.) Hassl.; Phaseolus canescens M.Martens & Galeotti;…

  • Sphaeranthus senegalensis

    Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC., 370 1836. (Syn: Sphaeranthus gazaensis Bremek.; Sphaeranthus lecomteanus O.Hoffm. & Muschl.; Sphaeranthus polycephalus );  Images by Balkar Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details)    As per efi thread : Given below are the relevant key characters from Flora of India: a. Stems…

  • Mentha pulegium

    Mentha pulegium L., Sp. Pl. 577 1753. (Syn: Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb.; Mentha albarracinensis Pau; Mentha aromatica Salisb.; Mentha aucheri Pérard; Mentha daghestanica Boriss.; Mentha erinoides Heldr.; Mentha exigua L.; Mentha gibraltarica Willd.; Mentha hirtiflora Opiz ex Heinr.Braun; Mentha montana Lowe ex Benth.; Mentha pulegioides Dumort.; Mentha pulegium f. alba…

  • Dracocephalum moldavica (Cultivated)

    Dracocephalum moldavica L., Sp. Pl. 595 1753. (Syn: Dracocephalum fragrans Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Moldavica moldavica (L.) Britton; Moldavica punctata Moench; Moldavica setosa Stokes; Moldavica suaveolens Gilib. [Invalid]; Moldavica suaveolens Gilib. [Invalid]; Ruyschiana moldavica (L.) House);   Iran to Russian Far East as per WCSP;   Lamiaceae for ID-061011-PKA1: Seen this Lamiaceae…

  • Crotalaria grahamiana

    Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn.;      Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn. SN Mar 7 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn., Fam – Fabaceae Wild under shrub in the tea estate area Walparai, Coimbatore DT, Tamilnadu     Plant for ID 17/12/09 SMP1…