Category: Assistance required

Flower images on eflora website : 1 post by 1 author. How are you? Have not been in touch for a while! I needed your help. Titli Trust and CEDAR running a two year program for training rural youth as nature guides in multiple locations in Uttarakhand. We have produced lots of material for the nature guides […]

Perennials that like wet soil : 3 posts by 2 authors. I have an area of my terrace garden which has a drainage issue and the soil is wet, specially during the monsoons, and near moist for thr rest of the year. Fixing this problem is going to be difficult as it would mean structural […]

Urgent Action Needed – one click : 2 posts by 2 authors. Hello. Our government is trying to remove India’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This will be made a law on June 30th. This means, industry can take up any land, pull down any forest, dam any river, start any project, dump anything, anywhere, anytime, […]

National Board for Wildlife : Save Saleki and Dehing Paktai Elephant Reserve from Logan and illegal coal mining : 1 post by 1 author. I just signed the petition “National Board for Wildlife : Save Saleki and Dehing Paktai Elephant Reserve from Logan and illegal coal mining” and wanted to see if you could help […]

Research query related to the plant “shanghupushpi” : 9 posts by 2 authors. My self is …, a Research Scholar from Kerala University doing PhD in Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. My topic is to analyse ayurvedic formulations to find out a better solution for Alzheimer’s disease.But one of the plant which i selected  […]

Help to remove Exotic species of Vandalur RF : 4 posts by 2 authors. The below plants are planted along pedestrian path and along roadside, inside the Zoo(RF is taken to provide an environment for fauna):  Exotic Invasive plants: 1. Spathodea campunlata (My comments:will easily enter the forest. It is already naturalized and entered even […]

Looking for hi quality images of Tetrameles nudiflora, Aesculus indica and Dendroculmus strictus : 6 posts by 3 authors. Looking for hi quality images of Tetrameles nudiflora, Aesculus indica and Dendroculmus strictus  I am doing a small book for children called ‘100 Common trees of India’. I will be delighted if anyone can share the images for […]

Information requested : 2 posts by 2 authors. On behalf of our organization (Rajputana Society of Natural History), I, Dr. Satya Prakash Mehra would like to request you all to please share your valuable contributions in the field of biodiversity/ floral diversity especially focussed on Sirsa, Hisar and Fatehabad districts of Haryana. Do use my […]

Indian Medicinal plants book : 4 posts by 2 authors. Please inform about good book on Indian Medicinal plants and how to use those plants. Searching traditional ways to use Indian plants like Crateva sp, Ixora sp, Terminalia b, Terminalia c, Ambada, Hiptage b, Justica a, Tinospora sp, Barleria sp… and many more. Please apologize […]

Tree : 5 posts by 3 authors. Can you advise fast growing trees in Punjab with good timber value like mohagny, toona.  Other recipients: It is better to contact the Forest Department of Punjab. It is better to contact the Forest Department of Punjab. yes, … is correct. forest dept is best place to get […]

Looking for Indigenous tree saplings… : 1 post by 1 author. I am looking for indigenous trees samplings. Please let me know if anybody have contact of Nurseryman or any institute who propagate Indigenous tree saplings. 

Fwd: For Botanical name : 2 posts by 2 authors. A book publishing in Marathi was written by Shankardaji Padde, I wanted the Botanical name of the flora given to him. Book name is vanosadhi gunadarsh …, I do not have this book with me.

Basics of taxonomy : 3 posts by 3 authors. Other recipients: What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? I think a very difficult question. […]

Fwd: Help Require: In Protecting the trees : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Hope you are well.  I am writing to seek your help in finding of solutions and some experts who may offer expert inputs to protect the trees.  Actually, I am litigating a case to protect the trees in Delhi due […]

Foreign plants : 2 posts by 2 authors. Is there any forum where I can get ID of foreign plants.I got few species which were planted by  foreigners in Pondicherry.I posted here in this forum. I got the family name Thanks, … We can try to help in this forum.

Request of Latin names vis-a-vis Khasi names : 4 posts by 3 authors. Could anybody please give me Latin names of the following Khasi plant names. Bat jakold / Bat thyllieh miaw / Edible jasim = wild / Krai khlaw = bird seed / Ri-ran – shim. The only way out for you is to […]

Need seeds and saplings for mass planting in dryland Karnataka : Sarvodaya Farms, outside Dharwad, Karnataka, is a labour of love of Geeta & Suresh, a couple deeply dedicated to creating a sustainable habitat in the countryside. This ~20-acre land comes under “scrub forest” classification, Dharwad district itself is a semi-arid place with ~1000mm avg. […]

Needed a little help : 3 posts by 2 authors. I am just starting off with familiarizing myself with the flora of Delhi.  Kindly recommend sources for reference considering that I would be very new at this.  Seeking help from members here.  Welcome, …, I think trees of Delhi is very good for the beginners. Also […]

Fwd: requesting for details about anuktha dravyas in Dravyaguna Vijnana : 1 post by 1 author. I am … PG SCHOLAR IN DRAVYAGUNA VIJNANA. I have been getting doubts about anuktha dravyas (extra pharmacoepial drugs) as i have read anuktha dravya concept in sharangadhara samhitha chapter 1…but recently  got to know that even in dravyaguna anuktha dravya […]