Category: Apocynaceae

Flora of Chakrata 2012: Herb for Id: This herb was shot from near Chakrata in May 2012. Nearly 60-70 cm high, leaves opposite decussate, flowers in terminal cymes, greenish-yellow, should be an Asclepidaceae member… I am resending this for id, this looks like an Apocyanaceae member…id please    

  Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida (Images by B. Rathinasabapathy (Id by Vijayasankar Raman & E S Santhosh Kumar), Prashant Awale & Pravin Kawale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Cosmostigma (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through ‎Cosmostigma (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with […]

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold (Images by Satish Phadke, Bhagyashri Ranade (Validated by Pankaj Kumar), Surajit Koley & Alok Mahendroo (Id by Balkar Singh & Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd (Images by Renee Vyas (Id by Pradip Krishen & Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Id by Amber Srivastava) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Acokanthera page (‎‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images of […]

  Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton (Images by Balkar Singh (Validated by Vijayasankar Raman), Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg), Anurag N Sharma (Id by Amit Chauhan & E S Santhosh Kumar) & Aarti S Khale (Id by N Arun) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Ichnocarpus page (‎‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images of species […]

  Seshagiria sahyadrica Ansari & Hemadri (Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Seshagiria (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through ‎Seshagiria (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, […]

  Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade, Balkar Singh & (Siva Siva – identified by Anurag Sharma), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Re: completed insertion of identified species of Pentalinon : 1 post by 1 author Pentalinon page (Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : Pl. go through ‎Pentalinon page (Apocynaceae) with images […]

Anodendron paniculatum A.DC. (Images by Prasanna Gogate (Id by Giby Kuriakose), Pravin Kawale, Dinesh Valke & Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Anodendron page (‎‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through ‎Anodendron page (‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia […]

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 with images of species (done […]

Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. (Images by Dr. Tapas Chakraborty and Anurag N. Sharma) Tabernaemontana cerifera Pancher & Sebert ? (Images by Prashant Awale – identified by Mayur Nandikar, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wall. (Image by Siva Siva – identified by Michael van der Poorten & Vijayasankar Raman (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))      Tabernaemontana […]

Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R. Br. Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb.  Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Sims (Images by Nidhan Singh, Sourav Mahmud & Raju Das (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Wrightia indica Ngan (Images by A. Lalithamba (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kurz (Images by Dinesh Valke […]

Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot (Images by Ranjini Kamath, Raman Arunachalam & Aarti Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe (Images by Shobha Halwe-Chavda (Id by Satish Pardeshi) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Vocanga page (‎‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images […]

Vinca major L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg))      As per efi thread: I find the following clear differences: Vinca major                                                                                  Vinca minor (from USA in our database) 1. Plants loosely spreading on ground with longer internodes       Plants compactly spreading on ground with shorter internodes            2. Leaves broadly ovate, […]

Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze (Images by J.M.Garg, Raju Das (Id by Gurcharan Singh), Balkar Singh & Pravin Kawale (Id by Gurcharan Singh & Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Vallaris page (‎‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Vallaris page (‎‎‎Apocynaceae) with […]

Tylophora dalzellii Hook.f. (Images by Pravin Kawale, Neil Soares, Satish Phadke (Id by Sushant More & Neil Soares) & Alka Khare (Id by Santhosh Kumar & Neil Soares) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Tylophora exilis (Spreng.) Colebr.  Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, […]

Telosma cordata (Burm. f.) Merr.          Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib (Images by Balkar Singh, Surajit Koley, Karuna Kanta Das & Nidhan Singh (Validated by Viplav Gangar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))    As per efi thread : Bengal Plants describes – corolla pale yellow, almost scentless… […]

Strophanthus boivinii Baill.   Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. (Images by Ranjit Singh Ahluwalia (Id by Tabish) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))  Strophanthus gratus (Wall. & Hook.) Baill. (Images by Satish Phadke (Identified by Ushadi & Shrikant Ingalhalikar), Mala Bajaj (Identified by Dinesh Valke) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) […]

  Stapelia gigantea N.E. Br. (Cultivated) (Images by Pankaj Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Stapelia (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 3 posts by 2 authors Pl. go through ‎Stapelia (‎‎Apocynaceae) page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let […]

Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f. (Images by Santhosh Kumar E. S.)                  Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz (Images by Surajit Koley) Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. (Images by Shubhada Patwardhan and Balkar Singh) Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill. (Images by Anurag N. Sharma) . Rauvolfia L. :  4 posts by 2 authors. Just for correction. I realized that the accepted spelling is […]

Plumeria filifolia Griseb.  Plumeria obtusa L.  Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson (Image by Aarti Khale – identified by Ajinkya Gadve, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Plumeria pudica Jacq. (Images by (Padnabhan Geetha – identified by Ken Greby), (Geeta Rane – identified by Ajinkya Gadve) & Balkar Singh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  Plumeria rubra […]