Category: Malvaceae

Kydia calycina Roxb. Images by tspkumar   Kydia glabrescens Mast. (Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), India (Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura), Bhutan, China (S-Yunnan), Vietnam, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life)  

  Kleinhovia hospita L.

Hildegardia populifolia Schott & Endl.  

Keys (Section Furcaria) as per BSI Flora of India: 1a. Epicalyx segments with an appendage on the inner surface towards apex 2 b. Epicalyx segments without any appendage 6 2a. Stems, petioles and pedicels armed with prickles 3 b. Stems, petioles and pedicels without prickles 5 3a. Stipulcs foliaceous, auriculate at base, semilunar 11. Hibiscus surattensis […]

Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham. Heritiera littoralis Aiton   Heritiera papilio Bedd.   BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Heritiera dubia Wallich ex Kurz (India: Tropical evergreen forests at low elevations. Assam and Meghalaya) Heritiera fomes Buch. – Ham. (India: Among mangroves in West Bengal (Sunderbans) and Orissa; Bangladesh and Myanmar (Irrawaddyy delta)) Heritiera […]

Helicteres angustifolia L. (China (S-Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, S-Yunnan), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl., Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines (Luzon, Busuanga, Culion, Panay, Negros, Mindanao), Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Micronesia (Yap), Andamans, Nicobars (Central Nicobars), Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi) as per Catalogue of Life) Helicteres isora L. Helicteres obtusa Wall. (China (S. Yunnan) to W. Indo-China: Andaman Is., China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam […]

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.    

Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss. Grewia asiatica L.   Grewia bracteata Roth Images by P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)  Grewia damine Gaertn.       Grewia flavescens Juss. Grewia helicterifolia Wall. (India Subcontinent to Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as […]

Gossypium arboreum L. Gossypium barbadense L. ? Gossypium herbaceum L. Gossypium hirsutum L.     . BSI Flora ofIndia with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Gossypium arboreum L.    var. arboreum (Cultivated in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and also in gardens in most parts of India)    var. obtusifolium (Roxb.) Roberty (Cultivated in all cotton growing areas […]

A taxonomic revision of the genus Eriolaena (Malvaceae) in India– Chandramohan K., Mahesh Y., Rambabu K. & E. Kiran- Annals of Plant Sciences 9.1 (2020) pp. 3681–3692 (Abstract: A detailed work on genus Eriolaena archives all names published in a concise nomenclatural review. It is derived from the tribe Dombeya with specific limitations and under […]

  Erinocarpus nimmonii J.Graham        

Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv. & Sond.               Dombeya pulchra N.E.Br. ?         Dombeya spectabilis Bojer                       Dombeya tiliacea (Endl.) Planch.    Dombeya wallichii (Lindl.) K.Schum. Images by Usha Desai (Usha di)             […]

Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn. Decaschistia rufa Craib Decaschistia trilobata Wight   BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Decasehistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn. (India: In deciduous forests of Western Ghats and Deccan plateau, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) Decaschistia cuddapahensis T. K. Paul & Nayar (India: Deccan plateau […]

Cullenia exarillata Robyns            

Corchorus aestuans L.  Corchorus capsularis L.   Corchorus depressus (L.) Stocks (Image by Devendra Bhardwaj (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  Corchorus fascicularis Lam. Corchorus olitorius L.   Corchorus tridens L.   Corchorus trilocularis L. Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn. (Myanmar [Burma], India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, peninsular Malaysia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania as per CoL)       . […]

Ceiba acuminata (S.Watson) Rose (Cultivated)   Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir (Cultivated) Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (Cultivated) Images by tspkumar  Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna (Cultivated) From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.  Tree Plains, Cultivated, Native of Africa Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 All districts […]

Cavanillesia platanifolia (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth  

Byttneria aspera Collebr. ex Wall. ? Byttneria herbacea Roxb.  Byttneria pilosa Roxb. (China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, India, Myanmar [Burma], peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang), India (Darjeeling, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur), Sikkim, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)   . BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Byttneria andamanensis Kurz (India: Often found […]

Bombax ceiba L. Images by tspkumar   Bombax insigne Wall.  Images by tspkumar

Berrya cordifolia (Willd.) Burret Berrya javanica (Turcz.) Burret