Dioscorea deltoidea

Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb., Fl. Bras. 3(1): 43 1842. (Syn: Dioscorea deltoidea var. orbiculata Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea nepalensis (Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill) Sweet ex Bernardi; Tamus nepalensis Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill); . ID request-211111-PKA3: These are the long shots of a Climber(?) i had seen at “Dachigam National Park, Srinagar“. These […]

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Ziziphus rugosa

Ziziphus rugosa Lam., Encycl. 3(1): 319 319 1789 (syn: Rhamnus glabrata Heyne; Ziziphus buraea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Ziziphus glabra Roxb.; Ziziphus horsfieldii Miq.; Ziziphus latifolia Roxb.; Ziziphus obliqua Heyne ex Roth; Ziziphus paniculata Roth; Ziziphus roxburghiana Voigt; Ziziphus tomentosa Roxb.) as per Catalogue of Life; . China (Hainan, S-Yunnan), India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, […]

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Telosma pallida

Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911(10): 418 418 1911. (Syn. Asclepias pallida Roxb. (Unresolved); Pergularia pallida (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.);   Telosma vine • Hindi: Surkilla • Telugu: Konda male-tige, Aalapala, Errumalle-tige;   As per efi thread : Bengal Plants describes – corolla pale yellow, almost scentless… lobes longer than tube = Pergularia […]

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Rubia manjith

Rubia manjith Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 177 1810. (Syn: Rubia cordifolia var. khasiana G.Watt; Rubia cordifolia var. munjista (Roxb.) Miq.; Rubia cordifolia f. tetramera Makino; Rubia munjista Roxb.); . Common name: Manjith • Bengali: manjit, manjistha, majith • Hindi: मंजीठ Manjith • Kannada: chitravalli, manjista • Malayalam: poont • Mizo: manjishtha, munjistha • […]

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Rubia cordifolia

Rubia cordifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12 229 1767. (Syn: Dioscorea verticillata Lam.; Galium cordifolium (L.) Kuntze; Rubia clematifolia Reinw. ex Miq.; Rubia cordata Thunb.; Rubia cordifolia var. affinis Kurz …….; Rubia javana DC.; Rubia pratensis (Maxim.) Nakai; Rubia pubescens (Nakai) Nakai; Rubia purpurea Decne.; Rubia scandens Zoll. & Moritzi; Rubia secunda Moon); . ROO-bee-uh — Latin: ruber (red), referring […]

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Rosa brunonii

Rosa brunonii Lindl., Ros. Monogr. 120, pl. 14 120 1820. (Syn: Rosa brunonis Wall.; Rosa clavigera H. Lév.; Rosa moschata var. nepalensis Lindl.; Rosa napaulensis Andr.; Rosa nepalensis Lindl. ex Steud. (ambiguous synonym); Rosa pubescens Roxb. (ambiguous synonym)); . China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Nepal, ?Burma, Pakistan (Murree, Baluchistan, […]

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Physochlaina praealta

Physochlaina praealta (Decne.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5: 473 473 1850. (syn. Belenia praealta Decne. (Unresolved); Hyoscyamus praealtus (Decne.) Walp.; Physochlaina grandiflora Hook.; Physochlaina urceolata Kuang & A.M. Lu; Scopolia praealta (Decne.) Dunal); . W. & Central Himalaya to W. & S. Tibet: Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Tall Physochlaina • Ladakhi: […]

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Myxopyrum smilacifolium

Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 320 1851. (Syn: Chionanthus smilacifolius Wall.,               Chondrospermum laurifolium Voigt; Chondrospermum smilacifolium (Wall.) Wall.; Ligustrum laurifolium Roxb. [Invalid]; Myxopyrum ellipticilimbum H.T.Chang; Myxopyrum serratulum A.W.Hill; Myxopyrum smilacifolium var. ilicifolium Kurz); . Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China Southeast; Hainan; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nicobar Is.; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; […]

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Hyptis suaveolens

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. , Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 472 1806. (Syn: Ballota suaveolens L.; Bystropogon graveolens Blume; Bystropogon suaveolens (L.) L’Hér.; Gnoteris cordata Raf.; Gnoteris villosa Raf.; Hyptis congesta Leonard; Hyptis ebracteata R.Br. [Illegitimate]; Hyptis graveolens Schrank; Hyptis plumieri Poit.; Marrubium indicum Blanco; Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze; Schaueria graveolens (Blume) Hassk.; Schaueria suaveolens (L.) Hassk.); […]

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Dioscorea species

amit uid 1 1392011:  Attaching photo of a climber collected from Chopta, Uttarakhand in Quercus forest at an altitude of about 2900 mts. Please help in identification. Dioscorea is also possibily, although I thought leaves are more rigid like Smilax. At the same time stipule tendrils of Smilax are not visible in the photograph. Perhaps another photograph […]

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Dioscorea oppositifolia

Dioscorea oppositifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1033 1753. (syn. Dioscorea opposita Thunb.; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill); . Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist … Dave’s […]

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Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea alata L. – D. alata can be mistaken for D.bulbifera, one of the main differences between the 2 is that in the former the “stem climbs to the right” [in a clockwise direction, whereas in the latter, the “stem climbs to the left” [in an anti-clockwise direction]. Also seen are the characteristic 4 – winged […]

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Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata L., Sp. Pl. 1033 1753. (Syn: Dioscorea alata var. globosa (Roxb.) Prain; Dioscorea alata var. purpurea (Roxb.) A.Pouchet; Dioscorea alata var. tarri Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea alata var. vera Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb.; Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax; Dioscorea eburina Lour.; Dioscorea eburnea Lour.; Dioscorea globosa Roxb.; Dioscorea javanica Queva; Dioscorea purpurea Roxb.; […]

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Dioscorea

Dioscorea alata L. – D. alata can be mistaken for D.bulbifera, one of the main differences between the 2 is that in the former the “stem climbs to the right” [in a clockwise direction], whereas in the latter, the “stem climbs to the left” [in an anti-clockwise direction]. Also seen are the characteristic 4 – winged […]

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Cyclea peltata

Cyclea peltata Hook. fil. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 1: 201 1855. (Syn: Cissampelos barbata Wall.; Cissampelos discolor Wall.; Clypea burmanni (DC.) Wight & Arn.; Cocculus peltatus DC.; Cyclea arnottii Miers; Cyclea burmanni Miers; Cyclea burmannii (Wight & Arn.) Hook. fil. & Thoms.; Cyclea discolor Miers; Cyclea peltata Diels (ambiguous synonym); Cyclea versicolor Miers; Dioscorea peltata Burm.f.; […]

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Clematis smilacifolia

Clematis smilacifolia Wall., Asiat. Res. 13: 402 1820. (Syn. Clematis affinis Wight; Clematis everettii Hemsl.; Clematis glandulosa Bl.; Clematis loureiriana var. subpeltata (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.; Clematis loureiroana var. peltata W. T. Wang; Clematis munroiana Wight; Clematis petelotii Gagnep.; Clematis smilacifolia var. angustifolia M. Tamura; Clematis smilacifolia var. grandiflora Craib; Clematis smilacifolia var. peltata (W. T. Wang) W. T. Wang; Clematis smilacifolia var. subpeltata (Wall.) Kuntze; Clematis smilacina Bl.; Clematis subpeltata Wall.) as per Catalogue of Life; . Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Caroline Islands (Palau): Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East […]

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Clematis gouriana

Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 138 1817. (Syn: Clematis cana Wall.; Clematis martini H.Lév.; Clematis substipulata Kuntze; Clematis vitalba var. acuminatissima Kuntze; Clematis vitalba subsp. gouriana (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze; Clematis vitalba var. gouriana (Roxb. ex DC.) Finet & Gagnep.; Clematis vitalba var. micrantha H. Lév. & Vaniot); . India (Himachal Pradesh, […]

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Celastrus paniculatus

Celastrus paniculatus Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1125 1798 (Syn. Catha paniculata Scheidw.; Ceanothus paniculatus Roth; Celastrus alnifolius D.Don; Celastrus euphlebiphyllus (Hayata) Kaneh.; Celastrus metzianus Turcz.; Celastrus nutans Roxb.; Celastrus pubescens Wall.; Celastrus rothianus Schult.; Diosma serrata Blanco; Euonymus euphlebiphyllus Hayata); . black-oil plant, celastrus, oriental bittersweet, intellect tree, staff tree • Bengali: kijri, malkangani • […]

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Aganosma heynei

Aganosma heynei (Spreng.) I.M.Turner, Taxon 62: 156 (2013) (syn: Aganosma blumei Wight; Aganosma caryophyllata (Roxb. ex Sims) G.Don; Aganosma caryophyllata G.Don; Aganosma dichotoma (Roth) K.Schum.; Aganosma dichotomum K.Schum.; Echites blumei Voigt; Echites caryophyllatus Bl.; Echites dichotomus Roth; Echites heynei Spreng.);   India (Orissa; cultivated elsewhere), Bangladesh (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Distribution: Hooker (1882) noted […]

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