• Cyclanthera brachystachya

    Cyclanthera brachystachya (DC.) Cogn., Mém. Couronnés Mém. Savants Étrangers Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles (8vo) 28: 64 1878. (Syn: Cyclanthera bourgaeana Naudin; Cyclanthera brachybotrys var. achocchilla Cogn.; Cyclanthera costaricensis Cogn.; Cyclanthera costaricensis var. angustiloba Cogn.; Cyclanthera elastica hort. ex Vilm.; Cyclanthera explodens Naudin; Cyclanthera explodens var. intermedia Cogn.; Cyclanthera explodens var….

  • Erigeron species

      190312 BRS 333 for id request.: A species of Erigeron of Asteraceae family.   Upper Chamba Asteraceae i.d. Al291111: today’s resurfaced id for … ‘Aster from Himachal’ reminded me of this flower, which I did not post earlier since I had only one photograph of this (which I thought…

  • Benincasa fistulosa

    Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner, Taxon 60:133. 2011. (Syn: (≡) Citrullus fistulosus Stocks (basionym); (≡) Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus (Stocks) J. L. Stewart;  (≡) Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo) as per GRIN; The tinda and plural called tinday (in Urdu) also called Indian round gourd or apple gourd…

  • Indofevillea khasiana

    Indofevillea khasiana Chatterjee, Kew Bull. 2(2): 1947: 121 1947 1948.; Cucurbitaceae Week: Indofevillea khasiana_RKC04_05042012: Indofevillea khasiana Chatterjee Cucurbitaceae Loc.: Near Gelling (Indo-China border) Arunachal Pradesh (ca 750m) Date: Sept., 2007 Note: A monotypic genus. Rare in occurrence.        References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50043549 

  • Indofevillea

    Indofevillea khasiana Chatterjee  

  • Forsythia koreana (S. Korea)

    Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 471 1926. (Syn: Forsythia koreana var. autumnalis Uyeki; Forsythia koreana f. autumnalis (Uyeki) Nakai; Forsythia koreana var. pilosa (U.C.La & Chae G.Chen) U.C.La; Forsythia pilosa U.C.La & Chae G.Chen; Forsythia viridissima var. koreana Rehder; Rangium koreanum (Rehder) Ohwi; Rangium koreanum var. autumnalis…

  • Abeliophyllum distichum (South Korea)

    Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 153 1919. (Syn: Abeliophyllum distichum f. albiflorum Nakai; Abeliophyllum distichum f. eburneum T.Lee; Abeliophyllum distichum f. lilacinum Nakai; Abeliophyllum distichum var. obtusicarpum T.Lee; Abeliophyllum distichum f. viridicalycinum T.Lee);   Abeliophyllum distichum_RKC09_05042012: 2 images. Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai Family: Oleaceae Loc.: Daejeon, S. Korea Notes:…

  • Cornus kousa

    Cornus kousa F.Buerger ex Hance, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 105 1873. (Syn: Benthamia kousa (F.Buerger ex Hance) Nakai; Cynoxylon kousa (F.Buerger ex Hance) Nakai;           Benthamia japonica Siebold & Zucc.; Benthamia japonica var. exsucca Nakai; Benthamia japonica var. minor Nakai; Benthamia viridis Nakai; Benthamidia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara; Cornus…

  • Cucumis dipsaceus

    Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 211 1838. (Syn: Cucumis dasycarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich.; Momordica dasycarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich. (Unresolved)); . A re-look at cucurbit uploaded in 2009 :  Attachments (4).  5 posts by 3 authors. This plant was uploaded by … on 20-12-2009 in a mixed thread…

  • Cornus officinalis (Korea)

    Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 100 1839. (Syn: Cornus officinalis var. koreana Kitam.; Macrocarpium officinale (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai);   China to Korea (as per WCSP); Cornus officinalis_RKC01_02042012: Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc. Family: CornaceaeLoc.: Daejeon, Korea Notes: An medicinal plant native to China, Japan and Korea….

  • Burmannia species

        identification no020312sn2: Please help in Id. date/time:oct11 location:mulshi,pune habitat:wild plant habit:herb height:tiny other info:found in open grassland This is Burmannia coelestis. This looks like Burmannia pusilla.    

  • Capparis rotundifolia

    Capparis rotundifolia Rottler, Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 185 1803. (Syn: Capparis longispina Hook.f. & Thomson; Capparis orbiculata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Capparis pedunculosa Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Capparis rotundifolia var. longispina (Hook.f. & Thomson) M.R.Almeida);   Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East…

  • Ipomoea sindica

    Ipomoea sindica Staph. in Kew Bull. 93; I.1894; Prain in Journ. Asi.Soc. Beng. 65: pt.2. 537. 1896; FPB. 2:313; BH. 26(2); 546. 1919 (Type Stapf, CAL 311725): Source: The Flora of the Indian Desert, MM Bhandari, MPS Repros, Jodhpur, India. Revised Edition 1990.; . India (Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal and U.P.) and…

  • Ipomoea soluta ?

    Ipomoea soluta Kerr ?;   Convolvulaceae week: RVS4: Ipomoea alba: Ipomoea alba, from Andhra Pradesh… … odd member of morning glory – this one is night glory ! … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_alba …, now I am confused! my plant looks different from the one at wikipedia. My plant had stout stems; and…

  • Argyreia sericea ?

    Argyreia sericea ?; identification no020214sn1 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Please help in identification of this climber date/time:nov12 location:ambyvalley rd,lonavala,pune habitat:wild plant habit:climber height:about 5-6 ft. … looks species of Argyreia. Let us wait for comment(s). The characters are not clear in photo specially the sepals, inflorescence…

  • Ixora nigricans ?

    Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. ?; . Rubiaceae Week:: Ixora sp. for ID at Chandoli WLS: I had seen this   Shrub at Chandoli WLS, Maharashtra. Bot. name: Ixora sp. ?? (ID requested) Family: Rubiaceae Date/Time: 22nd Jan. 2010 /11:30AM Location: Chandoli WLS, Maharashtra … perhaps, Ixora nigricans This…

  • Amberboa moschata (Cultivated)

    Amberboa moschata (L.) DC., 560 1838. (Syn: Amberboa odorata var. glauca (Muss.Puschk. ex Willd.) DC.; Chryseis moschata (L.) Cass.); . Sweet Sultan; , Garden ornamental herb with pinnatipartite leaves, lower petiolate, uppermost sessile with serrulate margin; heads terminal on long peduncles; involucre bracts broadly ovate with scarious margin, inner narrower;…

  • Terminalia corticosa (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore)

    Terminalia corticosa Pierre ex Laness., Pl. Util. Col. Franç. 315 1886. (Syn: Terminalia mucronata Craib et Hutch.; Terminalia thorelii Gagnep.); Images by (Raman Arunachalam – Id by Navendu Page) , (For more photos & complete details, click on the link) Distribution :  Cambodia, Vietnam (South), Thailand ( Northern) and Laos (Attapeu, Champassack,…