Common Name: Gombo Mallow, Brazil Jute. Brazil jute is an erect shrub that grows to a height of about 1 meter. The stem is round in cross section, and slightly hairy. The simple leaves are arranged in alternate manner. The leaf stalk and leaf measure about 2.6 cm and 4.3 cm respectively. The lower portion … Read More “Malachra capitata (Malvaceae – Mallow family)” »
Box-leaved barleria is sub-shrub that grows to a height of about 1 foot. The plant is much branched and forms a mass of thorny impenetrable mound on ground. The stem is green in color with a soft hair covering. Leaves are sub-sessile and appear whorled and arranged opposite. Prominent two thorns are seen on the … Read More “Barleria buxifolia (Acanthaceae- Acanthus family)” »
Common Name: Ceylon Lead Wort. Tamil Name: Chittramoolam Erect plant with glabrous stem grows to a height of about one and a half meters. This plant has pan tropical distribution and is seen all over Peninsular India. The leaf arrangement is simple and alternate. The leaves are elliptic-ovate in shape; base attenuate and apex acute. … Read More “Plumbago zeylanica (Plumbaginaceae –Plumbago family)” »
Common Name: Caribbean stylo. Tamil name: Muyalmasal This trifoliate plant has its origin in Caribbean islands origin is naturalized in India. The plant is an erect annual growing to around one foot in height. Leaves are arranged alternatively, leaf shape is lanceolate and margins entire. The plant produces single flower of less than one centimeter … Read More “Stylosanthes hamate (Fabaceae- Pea family)” »
Common Name: Dancing Lady Orchid This plant is a cross between O. flexuosum and O. sphacelatum. Oncidium genus has its origin in tropical America and these orchids are epiphytic. They have pseduobulbs which typically have several bracts and one to three leaves. Flowers are generally yellow or brown in color. This plant was encountered in … Read More “Oncidium ‘Goldiana’- Orchidaceae (Orchid family).” »
