Re: [efloraofindia:46440] To Share 040810 ET

Zephyranthes rosea indeed Tanay On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:00 PM, mani nair wrote: > Yes, Zephyranthes rosea, It is also called rain lily as it blooms during > rainy season. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > >> seems like Zephyranthes rosea to me. >

Re: [efloraofindia:46439] Thunbergia fragrans

Thunbergia fragrans indeed Tanay On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear Maniji, > Is this *Thunbergia fragrans* Roxb. var. *fragrans or another variety?* > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:48 AM, mani nair wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> Sending a picture of Thunbergia fragr

Re: [efloraofindia:46438] Morning Glory

Nice catch Mani ji tanay On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:35 AM, mani nair wrote: > Dear all > > Sending a photo of Morning Glory seen on the way to Sunset Point (near > Dodhani) Matheran. > > Regards, > > Mani. > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University

Re: [efloraofindia:46437] Jatropha curcas L. [Euphorbiaceae]

Nice catch Muthu One of the economical plant Tanay On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Name: *Jatropha curcas* L. > Family: Euphorbiaceae > Tamil name: Kaatamanakku > > Date: 28 Aug 2010 > Location: Moyar river bank, Sathyamangalam wls; TN > Native of Tropical America > -- >

Re: [efloraofindia:46436] Identification please?

Lovely catch of Passiflora tripartita Tanay On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Marianne de Nazareth < mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow! thanks everyone! That was super speed! :-) > > Marianne > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > >> >> Dear Nazerathji, >> Please follow

Re: [efloraofindia:46435] To Share 040810 ET

Yes, Zephyranthes rosea, It is also called rain lily as it blooms during rainy season. Regards, Mani. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > seems like Zephyranthes rosea to me. > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram > wrote: > > Friends > > I t

Re: [efloraofindia:46434] To Share 040810 ET

seems like Zephyranthes rosea to me. Pankaj On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram wrote: > Friends > I took this flower pictures in Avalanche, near Nilgiri, > Date/Time-May 14, 2010     7.11 a.m. > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-- Avalanche, Nilgiri > Habitat- Garden/

Re: [efloraofindia:46433] To Share 040810 ET

zephyranthes rosea On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram < ethiruvenga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Friends > I took this flower pictures in Avalanche, near Nilgiri, > Date/Time-May 14, 2010 7.11 a.m. > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-- Avalanche, Nilgiri > Habitat- Garden

Re: [efloraofindia:46432] Thunbergia fragrans

Dear Maniji, Is this *Thunbergia fragrans* Roxb. var. *fragrans or another variety?* On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:48 AM, mani nair wrote: > Dear friends, > > Sending a picture of Thunbergia fragrans seen on the way to Sunset point, > Matheran. > > Regards, > > Mani. > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junio

Re: [efloraofindia:46425] Identification please?

Wow! thanks everyone! That was super speed! :-) Marianne On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > > Dear Nazerathji, > Please follow the link for more discussions on this: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/65aaeb07613b80cb/f3becb5360282960?lnk

Re: [efloraofindia:46422] Identification please?

Dear Nazerathji, Please follow the link for more discussions on this: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/65aaeb07613b80cb/f3becb5360282960?lnk=gst&q=Passiflora+tripartita#

Re: [efloraofindia:46421] Identification please?

i think this is passiflora On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Marianne de Nazareth < mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > There was this beautiful vine which I saw in the Fernhill Palace Ooty > growing on the hillside. Could anyone give me the name of the flower? > > Thanks in advance!

Re: [efloraofindia:46420] Identification please?

This is Banana Passion Flower - Passiflora tripartita (Passion flower family) Regards, Mani. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Marianne de Nazareth < mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > There was this beautiful vine which I saw in the Fernhill Palace Ooty > growing on the hillsi

Re: [efloraofindia:46418] Mushroom for id 030910MK3

some species of Lepiota tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear all, > Kindly help to id this mushroom found on a forest floor of Sathyamangalam > wls. The area is heavily infested with *Prosopis juliflora* invasive. > Size: about 5cm across > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N

Re: [efloraofindia:46417] Re: Plant for ID

As said by Vijaya Ji This is Enicostemma littorale Blume Family: Gentiaceae It is regarded as an anti diabetic drug tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Vijayasankar wrote: > Beautiful pictures of *Enicostemma littorale*, a very important medicinal > plant. > > With regards > > Vijayasankar > >

Re: [efloraofindia:46416] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Alas Dr.Pankaj I am not an orchidologist or Taxonomist I work with fossild, fungi and evolutionary lineages tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > I was not born with orchid names written over my body as Gajini. When I > started my PhD, I knew just one orchid. So start from

Re: [efloraofindia:46415] Orchid for id 030910MK2

I was not born with orchid names written over my body as Gajini. When I started my PhD, I knew just one orchid. So start from now onwards and you will learn Pankaj -- *** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.

Re: [efloraofindia:46414] id pl.

Looks like Impatiens scabrida Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:31 PM, mani nair wrote: > It looks like Impatiens scabrida. > > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:06 PM, ushaprabha page > wrote: > >> Which impatiens? >> Sorry having only 1 snap. >> location Eagle nest sanct. >>

Re: [efloraofindia:46413] Leeches in Ayurveda..

Thanks for the lovely and rare picture tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:21 PM, arvind kadus wrote: > In Ayurveda one of the imp *Panchakarma *procedures is *Raktamokshana*. > i.e. Blood letting. *Leeches* are used for this purpose from ancient time. > In Ayurveda it is mentioned that in Pittaprad

Re: [efloraofindia:46412] Re: Flower for ID.

Why probably Dinesh Ji say confidently this is Hemidesmus indicus tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Dr. Arvind Kadus wrote: > > YesHemidesmus indicus indeed. Roots have good smell and used in > Ayurvedic medicines as a blood purifier and Pitta shamak. > Dr.Kadus Arvind Pune. > On Sep 3, 8:05

Re: [efloraofindia:46411] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Vanda tessellata common one atlest happy that I know 1 orchid's name HA HA ha [?][?][?][?][?][?] Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Pankaj Oudhia wrote: > Here is picture of Rasna sample available in local herb market. > > http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=98860 > > It is hard to gue

Re: [efloraofindia:46410] Plant for id 030910MK1

Is it *Ehretia tinifolia *A. DC. Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:29 PM, L. Rasingam wrote: > Yes the flowers are look like Ehretia > > Regards > L.Rasingam > > > On 3 September 2010 15:33, Muthu Karthick wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Kindly help to id this small tree. (Its more like a liane too)

Re: [efloraofindia:46409] Fwd: [indiantreepix:25019] Tree for id 151209MK2

Thanks Muthu for the photos and Dr. Kunhikannan for the ID. This quite new for me Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > A kind reply from Dr.C.Kunhikannan:* It is **Cordia** **monoica** Roxb. > please check it for its description. It is a member of Dry deciduous to > scru

Re: [efloraofindia:46408] Re: Plant for ID

Beautiful pictures of *Enicostemma littorale*, a very important medicinal plant. With regards Vijayasankar On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Dr. Arvind Kadus wrote: > Is there white resin coming out from the leaves when breaking ? If yes > then it could be Ficus. otherwise may not. > Thanks fo

Re: [efloraofindia:46407] Nicandra physaloides OR N. physaloides

As I strongly follow GRIN the spelling out there is accepted everywhere Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Dinesh Valke wrote: > ... many thanks Muthu ji for the clarification. > > Inadvertently created confusion in the subject line ... have repeated the > same spelling !! > > Regards. > > >

Re: [efloraofindia:46406] for ID 030810 ET

Solanum jasminoides indeed Tanay On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Solanum jasminoides or the potato vine... > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram > wrote: > > Friends > > I took this flower picture in Avalanche, near Nilgiri, > > Date/Time

Re: [efloraofindia:46405] id pl.

It looks like Impatiens scabrida. Regards, Mani. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:06 PM, ushaprabha page wrote: > Which impatiens? > Sorry having only 1 snap. > location Eagle nest sanct. > taken in the last week of May 09 in the afternoon. > > Ushaprabha. >

[efloraofindia:46404] Re: Jungle Trees of Central India

Thanks Tabish for this great post ! Regards Ashis On Sep 2, 11:18 pm, Tabish wrote: > Pradip Krishen sent me the basic layout and design (BLAD) of his > forthcoming book "Jungle Trees of Central India". I found the layout, > design, pictures and the content so beautiful that I cannot wait to > l

[efloraofindia:46403] id pl.

Which impatiens? Sorry having only 1 snap. location Eagle nest sanct. taken in the last week of May 09 in the afternoon. Ushaprabha. <>

[efloraofindia:46401] Re: Flower for ID.

YesHemidesmus indicus indeed. Roots have good smell and used in Ayurvedic medicines as a blood purifier and Pitta shamak. Dr.Kadus Arvind Pune. On Sep 3, 8:05 pm, Dinesh Valke wrote: > ... most probably ... *Hemidesmus indicus* (syn. *Periploca indica*) > > ... commonly known as: false sarsaparil

[efloraofindia:46400] Re: Plant for ID

Is there white resin coming out from the leaves when breaking ? If yes then it could be Ficus. otherwise may not. Thanks for the new plant. Dr. Kadus Arvind,Pune. On Sep 3, 6:54 pm, Adittya Dharap wrote: > Hi, >   > would like to request for identification of attached plant images. > This was pho

Re: [efloraofindia:46399] Flower for ID.

... most probably ... *Hemidesmus indicus* (syn. *Periploca indica*) ... commonly known as: false sarsaparilla, Indian sarsaparilla • Assamese: anantamul • Bengali: অনন্তমূল anantamul • Gujarati: અનંતમૂળ anantamul, ઉપલસારી upalsaari • Hindi: अनंतमूल anantamul, सूगंदीपाला sugandi pala • Kannada: ಅನ

Re: [efloraofindia:46398] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Here is picture of Rasna sample available in local herb market. http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=98860 It is hard to guess whether it is Pluchea or Vanda or anything else but when it is used as medicine, experts identify it as the effects of Pluchea and Vanda are different. regards P

Re: [efloraofindia:46395] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Also known by the name checkered Vanda. Regards, Mani. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Some say this is Rasna, some say there is another plant. I am not so sure > yet. > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > > Thank you very much for the id

Re: [efloraofindia:46391] Syzigium cumini

'*Syzygium zeylanicum* has white berries' as per BV Shetty et. al. in Plant resources of W.Ghats and lowlands of Dakshina kannada & Udipi (2002). Dear Rashidaji, Have you observed the mature fruits of these? On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Any key characters differenti

Re: [efloraofindia:46390] Plant for id 030910MK1

Yes the flowers are look like Ehretia Regards L.Rasingam On 3 September 2010 15:33, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear all, > Kindly help to id this small tree. (Its more like a liane too). > Could this be *Ehretia* sp? > > *Date/Time-* > > 26-08-2010 / 01:00 PM > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* >

Re: [efloraofindia:46389] Tiny plant for id 030910MK3

A reply from Mayurji: *might be Eria dalzellii* * * *This is the first time seeing this kind of tiny beautiful orchid. Waiting for the species name. * On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > This cute little plant is an Orchid called Oberonia. I will check the > species and let you

[efloraofindia:46388] Re: Creeper-TQ01

After seeing Muthu's comment, I looked for C. canescens, and found this description from botanicus.org: "Although much resembling Cardiospermum Halicacabum L., which I have also found in the Burmese countries, our plant differs in various essential points. Instead of being smooth and dark-green,

Re: [efloraofindia:46387] Tiny plant for id 030910MK3

This cute little plant is an Orchid called Oberonia. I will check the species and let you know. This is not parasitic by the way. Oberonia the name stands for Prince Oberon, the prince of the fairies. Regards Pankaj On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear all, > Kindly help

Re: [efloraofindia:46385] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Some say this is Rasna, some say there is another plant. I am not so sure yet. Pankaj On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Thank you very much for the identification sir. Is this the one called > Rasna? > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: >> >> Vanda tesse

Re: [efloraofindia:46384] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Thank you very much for the identification sir. Is this the one called Rasna? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 372 > (1830). > > Pankaj > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > > >

Re: [efloraofindia:46383] Orchid for id 030910MK2

Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 372 (1830). Pankaj On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > > Dear all, > Please help in id this Orchid. Could this be a species of Vanda? > > Date/Time- > > 27-08-2010 / 02:00 PM > > Location- Place, Altitude,

Re: [efloraofindia:46378] Re: Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze

Dear Pardeshiji, Leaves are highly variable from serrated margin to entire. As per Flora of British India by J D Hooker. Also mentioned by in Flora of Presdency of Madras by JS Gamble. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > > Adding pictures of fruits for further clarification

Re: [efloraofindia:46377] Re: Creeper-TQ01

Many thanks for throwing light on this sir. I fruits I saw was bloated and comparatively larger flowers seems to be *C.canescens* On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Vijayasankar wrote: > The species-level id relies on the nature of fruit. C. halicacabum (syn.: > C. h. var. microcarpum) has smaller,

Re: [efloraofindia:46376] Nicandra physaloides OR N. physaloides

... many thanks Muthu ji for the clarification. Inadvertently created confusion in the subject line ... have repeated the same spelling !! Regards. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear Dineshji, > According to MOBOT (tropicos.org) also the correct name is *Nicandra >

Re: [efloraofindia:46375] Nicandra physaloides OR N. physaloides

Dear Dineshji, but as per older authors like PF Fyson (in Flora of South Indian Hill stations) and as per Flora Simlensis it is mentioned as *Nicandra physaloides Gaertn. Also said in Flora of British India* On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Muthu Karthick wrote: > Dear Dineshji, > According to MO

Re: [efloraofindia:46374] Nicandra physaloides OR N. physaloides

Dear Dineshji, According to MOBOT (tropicos.org) also the correct name is *Nicandra physalodes* (L.) Gaertn. Kindly visit: http://tropicos.org/Name/29602519 *Nicandra physaloides is invalid.* On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Dinesh Valke wrote: > Dear friends, > > Please let me know the accepted s

[efloraofindia:46372] Re: White Palas tree

Sapllings of white Palash were available on payment in the nursary of Forest dept at Jabalpur in M.P. Sapllings of yellow Palash were available in forest nursary of Balaghat in M.P. Ushaprabha. On Sep 2, 11:54 pm, raghu ananth wrote: > White Palas tree, > (No flowers found during the season.)