• Cleome

    • January 20, 2019
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    Cleome aspera J.König ex DC. (Images by Prabhu Kumar KM, identified by Vijayasankar) Cleome austroarabica D.F.Chamb. & Lamond (Oman) (Images by Aarti S.Khale) Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC. (Images by Aarti S. Khale (photographed in Oman)) Cleome chelidonii L.f. Corynandra elegans Chandore Cleome felina L.f. (Images by Nadeem Waqif, identified by…

  • Ficus species ?- between Pollachi and Valparai

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      id pl Val dec.1 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Id pl of the small tree seen in the first portion of ghat section between Pollachi and Valparai- no other signature was seen except leaves. the tree was in association with the Ficus microcarpa. May be Ficus…

  • Prunus species- Jackson Height, New York, USA

    • January 19, 2019
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    SK1692 02 Jan 2019 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb. Location : Jackson Height, New York, USA Date : 24 October 2013 Altitude  25 m. Habit : Cultivated i think its Sour cherry what we saw, picked, ate on our urban foraging walks with leaders of the…

  • Aadi Fibres: Fibres of the Futures Past

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    bast fibres clothing paper : 3 posts by 2 authors. In 2014  I had posted a query in this forum seeking information about bast fibres textiles traditions. … was kind enough to respond. Thank you …! Below is the link to my paper.https://asiainch.org/article/aadi-fibresLooking forward to your feedback, Thanks, …, for…

  • Beautiful Tree trunk

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    Beautiful Tree trunk : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 7 Mb.  Sharing an image of beautiful tree trunk. It was leafless so no clue about the id, but I was glued to that tree near Soochipara Falls in Wayanad. yes. a beauty   

  • Begonia × hiemalis (Cultivated- USA)

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    Begonia × hiemalis Fotsch, Begonien 130 1933.;   SK1690 02 Jan 2019 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 7 mb. Location : Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA Date : 27 October 2013 Altitude  0 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Begonia sp.? Attachments (1)- 6 mb.  hybrid, winter flowering wax begonias are many. dont…

  • Mucuna bracteata

    • January 18, 2019
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    Mucuna bracteata DC. (syn: Carpopogon bracteatum Roxb.; Mucuna brevipes Craib; Mucuna exserta C.E.C.Fisch.; Mucuna venulosa (Piper) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf; Stizolobium venulosum Piper); Andaman Is (N); Bangladesh (N); China (N) ; Yunnan ; Hainan (N) ; India (N); Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam; Bihar; Manipur; Meghalaya ; Mizoram ; Sikkim ; Tripura;…

  • Clematis wightiana

    • January 17, 2019
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    Clematis wightiana Wall., Numer. List 4674 1828. (Syn: Clematis grata O. Hoffm. ex Baker; Clematis laxiflora Baker); . India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Saudi Arabia (Asir, C-Saudi Arabia) as per Catalogue of Life; . KLEM-uh-tiss or klem-AT-iss — ancient Greek klematis (vine); climbing … Dave’s Botanary wight-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist…

  • Farfugium japonicum (China/ Cultivated- USA)

    • January 16, 2019
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    Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 268 (1939) (syn: Arnica tussilaginea Burm. fil.; Farfugium grande Lindl.; Farfugium japonicum f. aligulatum Konta; Farfugium japonicum var. formosanum (Hayata) Kitam.; Farfugium japonicum var. nokozanense (Yamamoto) Kitam.; Farfugium kaempferi (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth.; Farfugium tussilagineum (Burm. fil.) Kitam.; Farfugium tussilagineum var. formosanum…

  • Buxus sempervirens (Cultivated)

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    Buxus sempervirens L., Sp. Pl. 983 1753. (syn: Buxus angustifolia Mill.; Buxus arborescens Mill.; Buxus argentea hort. ex Steud.; Buxus aurea hort. ex Steud.; Buxus caucasica hort. ex K.Koch; Buxus colchica Pojark.; Buxus crispa hort. ex K.Koch; Buxus cucullata hort. ex K.Koch; Buxus elegantissima hort. ex K.Koch; Buxus fruticosa Borkh.;…

  • Merremia gemella

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    Merremia gemella (Burm. f.) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(4–5): 552, in obs. 1893. (syn: Convolvulus affinis Wall.; Convolvulus gemellus Burm. f.; Convolvulus polyanthus Wall.; Ipomoea gemella (Burm. f.) Roth; Ipomoea polyantha Miq.; Ipomoea radicans Bl.; Tirtalia gemella (Burm. fil.) Rafin.); Taiwan, ?Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma], New…

  • Antidesma roxburghii

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    Antidesma roxburghii Wall. [Numer. List no. 7283. 1832, nom. nud.] ex Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., Sér. 3, 15: 234. 1851 — Replaced name: Stilago tomentosa Roxb. [Hort. Bengal. 71. 1814, nom. nud.] Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 3: 757. 1832. as per efi thread; . Distributed in North-east India, Bangladesh and Myanmar…

  • Breynia fruticosa (Hong Kong)

    • January 15, 2019
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    Breynia fruticosa (L.) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 237 1866. (syn: Andrachne fruticosa L.; Breynia fruticosa (L.) Hook. f.; Melanthesa chinensis Blume; Melanthesa glaucescens Miq.; Phyllanthus introductus Steud.; Phyllanthus lucens Poir.; Phyllanthus simsianus Wall. [Invalid]; Phyllanthus turbinatus Sims); S. China to Indo-China as per WCSP; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; Thailand; Vietnam…

  • Blakea gracilis (Cultivated- USA)

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    Blakea gracilis Hemsl., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 1: 13 1878. 9syn: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 04DEC18 : AK-14 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside the Conservatory. …

  • Mahonia japonica (Cultivated- USA)

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    Mahonia japonica (Thunb.) DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 22 1821. (Syn: Ilex japonica Thunb.; Mahonia japonica var. gracillima Fedde; Mahonia tikushiensis Hayata); Taiwan, Japan (I), Korea (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Europe (I), Uzbekistan (I) as per Catalogue of Life;    Mahonia japonica : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 25DEC18…

  • Heliconia species- Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    • January 14, 2019
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      Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 02DEC18 : AK-05 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside the Conservatory.  This was suggested to be Heliconia on their Planthotline. They have these Master Gardener volunteers who reply to the mails….

  • Geogenanthus poeppigii (Cultivated- USA)

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    Geogenanthus poeppigii (Miq.) Faden, Taxon 30: 35 1981. (syn: Chamaeanthus wittianus Ule; Dichorisandra mosaica var. undata (Linden ex K.Koch) W.T.Mill. ex L.H.Bailey; Dichorisandra undata Linden ex K.Koch; Geogenanthus undatus (Linden ex K.Koch) Mildbr. & Strauss; Geogenanthus wittianus (Ule) Ule; Peperomia poeppigii Miq.; Uleopsis wittianus (Ule) Fedde); Peru to N. Bolivia…

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