• Osbeckia species- Sentosa, Singapore

      SK1702 06 Jan 2019 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 6 mb. Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Which Osbeckia ??  

  • Macleania floribunda (Cultivated- USA)

    Macleania floribunda Hook., Icon. Pl. 2: t. 109 1837.; Peru, Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27NOV18 : AK-25 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Plant seen inside the Conservatory with tiny red flowers….

  • Commelina benghalensis ?

    Commelina benghalensis ?; . SK1648 16 Dec 2018 (mixed thread): 8 posts by 3 authors. 1 correct image as above. Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4500 ft. Date 3 October 2012 Habit : Wild  Commelina benghalensis L.  ?? To me also appears close to images at Commelina benghalensis Both plants are…

  • Sterculia species- Dhupguri (Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal

    Id assistance (mixed thread): 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Need id assistance for following two Species Both are collected from DUDIA Village Sacred Grove in Dhupguri (Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal) Date: 22/04/2018 Habit: Tree Thanks, …, Difficult to id with these images. 1st may be from Malvaceae and…

  • Hypoxis hemerocallidea (Cultivated- USA)

    Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall., Index Seminum (LE) 8: 64 1842. (Syn: Hypoxis elata Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Hypoxis obconica Nel; Hypoxis patula Nel; Hypoxis rooperi T.Moore; Hypoxis rooperi var. forbesii Baker); S. Trop. & S. Africa as per WCSP; Botswana; Cape Provinces; Free State; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Mozambique; Northern Provinces; Swaziland;…

  • Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Cutlivated- USA)

    Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Vahl) Nees, Linnaea 16: 307 1842.; USA (Texas), Mexico (Campeche, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta,…

  • Nautilocalyx lynchii (Cultivated- USA)

    Nautilocalyx lynchii (Hook. f.) Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 89 1912. (Syn: Alloplectus discolor Hook. f.; Alloplectus lynchii Hook.f.; Episcia lynchii (Hook.f.) Knuth); South America as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27DEC18 : AK-33 : 6…

  • Cleome

    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

      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

    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

    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

    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)

    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

    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

    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 (Cultivated- USA)

    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)

    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

    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…