Category: Araceae

Steudnera species- India    . Please check your Colocasia/Alocasia: This is to draw your kind attention about the geus Steudnera. At least one species has similar looking leaves to those of Alocasia – Colocasia plants – Plant illustration Yes, … …., has drawn attention to this genus. I think we have two species in India (both from […]

Rafflesia tuan-mudae Becc., Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 11: 197 1868. ; Borneo (Sarawak) as per Catalogue of Life; MS/1/2020/1 – Biggest flower :  2 posts by 2 authors. No images. I am sending h/w the link: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/big-news-largest-specimen-of-worlds-biggest-flower-found-in-indonesia-2445429.html References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  Wikipedia  World’s largest ‘Rafflesia tuan-mudae’ blooms in West Sumatra  World’s largest […]

Homalomena rubescens (Roxb.) Kunth  

Arum italicum Mill. (Cultivated- USA) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Peter C Boyce & Pudji Widodo) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

  Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner (Images by Aarti S Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Cercestis (‎‎Araceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Cercestis (‎‎Araceae) page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send […]

  Urospatha sagittifolia (Rudge) Schott (Cultivated) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Urospatha page (‎‎‎‎‎Araceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Urospatha page (‎‎‎‎Araceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any […]

Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott          . Scindapsus Officinalis: A Comprehensive Review Kaushik Dhirender, Kaushik Pawan*, Tuteja Ruby, Choudhary Balram- International Journal of Pharmaceutical Erudition Aug 2012, 2(2), 18-27 – Review Article – The oldest remedies known to mankind are herbal medicines. India is known worldwide for its Ayurvedic treatment. Scindapsus officinalis (ROXB.) Schott, Araceae is […]

Anaphyllum beddomei Engl. (Images by E S Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Anaphyllum wightii Schott (Images by Anurag N. Sharma & E S Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by Anurag N Sharma & J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) 

Theriophonum dalzellii Schott (Images by Vijay Paithane (Id by Shaikh Mujaffar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Theriophonum infaustum N.E.Br. (S. India as per POWO) Theriophonum minutum (Willd.) Baill. (Central & SE. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)     Theriophonum species- Alibag, Maharastra (Images by Pravin Kawale (Id by Pascal Bruggeman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) […]

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott (Images by A. Sivapalan, Karuna Kanta Das (Id by Surajit Koley & Pudji Widodo), Alka Khare (Id by Pudji Widodo) & Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Xanthosoma page (‎‎‎‎‎Araceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 2 posts by 1 author. Pl. go through […]

  Araceae of Ajibarang Limestone: A plant like Alocasia. ID is requested.       Fwd: Photo for e flora of india : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 1 mb each.  Attached herewith pl find a photograph which I feel is Trifolium sp which features here point to the diagnosis. I am a bit confused  A […]

Spirodela polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid. (Images by Surajit Koley) . As per efi thread: Following is the other species of family lemnaceae with the identification key 1. Plant root less…………….Wolffia 1. Plant rooting………………..2 2. Roots solitary……………..Lemna 2. Roots several……………..Spirodella . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden  Floating Herb Plains, […]

Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites (Images by Prashant Awale (Id by Vijayasankar Raman, Navendu Page & Giby Kuriakose) & Dinesh Valke  (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Lagenandra toxicaria Dalzell (Images by Prashant Awale (Id by E S Santhosh Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, […]

Remusatia hookeriana Schott           Remusatia pumila (D.Don) H.Li & A.Hay (Images by Nidhan Singh (Id by D S Rawat) & D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott (Images by Balkar Singh (Id by Giby Kuriakose & Pankaj Kumar), Satish Phadke, […]

  Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites (Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary & Raju Das  & Sourav Mahmud (Id by Surajit Koley & David Scherberich) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Lasia (‎‎‎Araceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Lasia (‎‎‎Araceae) […]

  Aglaonema commutatum Schott (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade  – identified by Gurcharan Singh) Aglaonema costatum N.E.Br. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  Aglaonema modestum Schott ex Engl. (Images by (Promila Chaturvedi – validation by Gurcharan Singh), (Nidhan Singh – identification by Promila Chaturvedi) & Gurcharan Singh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  Aglaonema pictum (Roxb.) Kunth (Images […]

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng (Cultivated) (Images by Muthu Karthick (Id by Gurcharan Singh), Ranjini Kamath (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Zantedeschia elliottiana (W.Watson) Engl. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))   Zantedeschia rehmannii Engl. (Images […]

Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Lodd.) Engl. (Images by Padmini Raghavan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) ‎Zamioculcas page (‎‎‎‎‎Araceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through ‎Zamioculcas page (‎‎‎‎Araceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any mis-identification, pl. […]

  Typhonium flagelliforme (Lodd.) Blume (Images by Anant Borah (Id by Pascal Bruggeman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Typhonium roxburghii Schott (Images by Harish Singh (Id by Pascal Bruggeman), Pravin Kawale, Alka Khare & Prashant Awale (Id by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click […]

Syngonium auritum (L.) Schott (Image by Bhagyashri ranade – identified by Ajinkya Gadave)  Syngonium macrophyllum Engl. (Image by Aarti Khale – identified by Mahadeswara Swamy, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Syngonium podophyllum Schott (Images by Gurcharan Singh,(Alka Khare – validation by Promila Chaturvedi), (Arundhati Boyce – identification by Ajinkya Gadave) & (Bhagyashri Ranade – identified by Gurcharan […]