• Pittosporum

    Pittosporum dasycaulon Miq. (India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life) Pittosporum densiflorum Putt. (India as per POWO)             Pittosporum napaulense (DC.) Rehder & E.H. Wilson (China (W-Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan (Rawalpindi), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Mandalay, Shan), India (widespread) as…

  • Putranjiva

    Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. (Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China Southeast; East Himalaya; India; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Thailand; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of life)                              …

  • Aerides multiflora

    Aerides multiflora Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 68 (1820). Synonyms: Aerides affinis Wall. ex J.Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 239 (1833). Aerides lobbii Lem., Ill. Hort. 15: t. 559 (1868), nom. illeg. Aerides veitchii E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 26: 291 (1876). Aerides godefroyana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1886(1): 814 (1886). Epidendrum…

  • Brachychiton rupestris (Cultivated)

    Brachychiton rupestris (T.Mitch. ex Lindl.) K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6): 96 1893. (Syn: Brachychiton delabechei F.Muell. [Illegitimate]; Clompanus rupestris (T.Mitch. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Delabechea rupestris T.Mitch. ex Lindl.; Oleobachia macrophylla auct. (Unresolved); Oleobachia palustrie Mast. (Unresolved); Sterculia rupestris (T.Mitch. ex Lindl.) Benth.);   Euphorbiaceae for id 090311MK1: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments…

  • Brachychiton

    Brachychiton acerifolius (A. Cunn. ex G. Don) Macarthur Brachychiton australis (Schott & Endl.) A.Terracc.   Brachychiton rupestris (T.Mitch. ex Lindl.) K.Schum. Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 23.6.15:   Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name Brachychiton acerifolius Clompanus acerifolia, Sterculia acerifolia Sterculiaceae Australian Flame Tree…

  • Wodyetia

       Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine (Images by Raman Arunachalam, Muthu Karthick (Id by Mahadeswara Swamy & Shrikant Ingalhalikar) & Aarti S Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Wodyetia page (‎‎‎‎‎‎Arecaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go…

  • Clusia rosea (Cultivated)

    Clusia rosea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 34 1760. (Syn: Clusia retusa Poir.; Clusia rosea var. colombiana Cuatrec.; Elwertia retusa Raf.; Firkea rosea (Jacq.) Raf.); . Clusia rosea in Chennai: Here are the buds and flowers of the Clusia rosea  at a park in Chennai. Clusia rosea: I suddenly noticed the…

  • Clusia

      Clusia rosea Jacq.  (Images by Satish Phadke (ID by Ajinkya Gadave) and Prashant Awale)     Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 11.11.14:   Botanical name Family Common name Clusia rosea Clusiaceae Autograph Tree   Clusia (‎Clusiaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia…

  • Quassia amara (Introduced)

    Quassia amara L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 553 1762. (Syn: Quassia alatifolia Stokes; Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl.; Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist; Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl.; Quassia crocea Vahl; Quassia officinalis Rich.);  N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), Venezuela (Barinas, Bolivar, Zulia), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama,…

  • Acorus calamus ?

    Acorus calamus ?;     plant for ID060311AMS1: Local name bach grows in aquatic conditions –  It is possible, especially if it is bach (local name), the leaves are, however, slightly curved and broader in above plant. Also the aquatic  habit goes in favour of Acorus. – This is a very fragrant…

  • Majidea zanguebarica (Introduced)

    Majidea zanguebarica J. Kirk ex Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 11: 78, t. 1097 78 1871. (syn. Harpullia zanguebarica (J.Kirk) Radlk.);   SE-Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Jamaica (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Black Pearl, Velvet-seed Tree, Mgambo Tree;   The mgambo tree,…

  • Majidea

      Majidea zanguebarica J. Kirk ex Oliv. (Introduced) (SE-Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Jamaica (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life)                   Flora of Peninsular India: Majidea zanguebarica Species with description & pictures in Flowers of…

  • Ainsliaea aptera

    Ainsliaea aptera DC., 14 1838.; Images by Nidhan Singh, Gurcharan Singh & D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)   Perennial herb producing leafless spikes in March-May, with white to pinkish drooping heads; Leaves appearing later, broadly triangular to orbicular-cordate on up to 10…

  • Vallisneria natans ?

    Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 49: 136 1974. (Syn: Physkium natans Lour.; Vallisneria americana var. biwaensis (Miki) Lowden; Vallisneria asiatica Miki; Vallisneria asiatica var. biwaensis Miki; Vallisneria asiatica var. higoensis Miki; Vallisneria biwaensis (Miki) Ohwi; Vallisneria gigantea var. higoensis (Miki) Kitam.; Vallisneria higoensis (Miki) Ohwi; Vallisneria minor Ito; Vallisneria…

  • Vallisneria

    Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara   Vallisneria spiralis L.     Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara ?   

  • Posoqueria latifolia

    Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 227 1819. (Syn: Solena latifolia Rudge; Tocoyena latifolia (Rudge) Lam.); Needle Flower Tree;     Posoqueria latifolia: Would like to share pictures of, not very common tree, Posoqueria latifolia – Rubiaceae family- just started flowering in Rani Bagh, Mumbai.    The fruit seen…

  • Gardenia resinifera

    Gardenia resinifera Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 150 1821. (Syn: Gardenia lucida Roxb.; Genipa resinifera (Roth) Baill.); . India to Myanmar as per WCSP; . Bangladesh; India; Myanmar as per Catalogue of Life; . gar-DEEN-ee-uh — named for Alexander Garden, American botanist res-in-EE-fer-uh — bearing resin loo-sid-uh — bright, clear, lustrous…

  • Gomphocarpus

    Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. (Images by Prashant Awale, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, S. Selvalakshmi (Id by Mahadeswara Swamy) & Balkar Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Gomphocarpus (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through ‎Gomphocarpus (‎‎Apocynaceae) page…

  • Getonia

    Getonia floribunda Roxb.