Kerala- climber from Kannur

ID Kannur 01/22/2/23: 3 images. Please identify this climber. Leaves alternate, arise in clusters usually on one side of node. Looks like Fibraurea sp. as per some morphology. No flowers yet. Apocynaceae?? Menispermaceae sir….. Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik. ?? I do not think leaf venations match. Another few shots of the same  

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Inni patti

please help me get these names 4: 1 image. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got some more herbs as they […]

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Uttar Pradesh- Tree at Varanasi

Tree for Id -ID06122022SH1: 4 high res. images. Tree for Id pl. Location – Varanasi Date – November.2022 (I am sorry for the picture quality as it was getting dark and i could not adjust my camera settings. I saw these trees in many places while travelling.) Images are not clear ! Very hazy pictures. Unable […]

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Goa- tree for id

Photo from Mahadeswara: Please identify the tree. Photographed in Goa, Received for ID from a friend for ID. I think detailed images are required. No other photo is available with the person who sent this photo for ID.  Sorry.  

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Maharashtra- Aquatic saplings at Lonavala

Request for ID: 1 very high res. image. Can you please identify these, aquatic plants and creeping aquatic macrophyte. Location: Lonawala, Pune Habitat: Partially submerged in streams Spoon shaped leaves, creeping habit, and long leaf pedicles, fine hairy leaves. Please isolate the species you wanted and wait for flowering phase….it seems to be difficult to […]

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Mumbai- trunks linked at SGNP

Two tree species sharing nutrients in SGNP: I came across this interesting feature yesterday in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) Mumbai. Two tree species joined together in two places, sharing nutrients. Is the one on the right Lannea coromandelica and the left one a Lagerstroemia species? Sorry, I omitted to take photos of leaves […]

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UK- plant in Eden Project, Cornwall

SK 3449 02 May 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Looks interesting. Any idea about the family or genus?  

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UK- herb at Eden Project, Cornwall

SK 3444 30 April 2022: Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated As previously mentioned… The Eden project  in Cornwall has  heated tropical bio domes  ( a fancy form of greenhouse!) that grow exotic plants from all over the world. This is not a plant that I have ever seen […]

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Maharashtra- sapling in Pune

Hello Shree Garg sir: 1 high res. images. Looking for help to identify this Sorry I should have specified; the light green leaves; five leaflets in foreground; its in my collection at home. It could be a sapling of the Nagalinga/ Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis). Just a guess. I have couropita canon ball tree in […]

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M.P.- Tree at Bilaspur

Tree I’d request: 3 images. Request for I’d of a tree from Bilaspur which is not flowering at present. Photographed in March 2022. Thought of Dimocarpus longan, but I think it is different. Flowering and fruiting images may help.

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M.P.- tree at Bilaspur

Terminalia catappa for validation: 2 images. Request for validation of Terminalia catappa from Bilaspur. Photographed in March 2022. Picture of canopy will help. I will try to get an image of canopy and post. Seems different from Terminalia, Resembles Ficus hispida, Conform …, the plant has latex or not, I will check for latex and […]

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Western Ghats- tree for id

ID pleasea: Habit: tree Location: Western ghats Elevation: 1300m Forest type: semi evergreen I think it is very very difficult to identify with such images. Detailed images are required showing close up of leaves, flowers, fruits, leaf arrangement etc. Also post high res. images. so that members can see more details, for proper id.  

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Western Ghats- plant for id

id please: 1 image. i am new to this group, i will be glad if you alll can help me with identification of some plants. Location: Western Ghats, India elevation: 1300m I think it is very very difficult to identify with such images. You have to post detailed images. Pl. see Posting Guidelines  

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Rajasthan- herb near Dholpur

Dholpur, January 2022 :: Prostrate herb for ID :: ARK2022-056: 3 high res. images. This was clicked near Dholpur, Rajasthan on the banks of the Chambal river in January 2022 Requested to please ID.  

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Tamilnadu- Harichandanam (?) in Chennai

Harichandanam?: 3 images. Sold as Harichandanam in a nursery in Chennai. What is the habit shrub or a tree ? Sorry. I can’t tell as it is in nursery bag. Search led me to Santalum album (as per https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/haricandana), but it looks different.  

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