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).” »
Common Name: Sleepy morning. Tamil Name: Shengalipoondu. This plant is commonly seen in Tamil Nadu with a marked presence in fallow lands, road sides and forest edges. The entire plant is densely stellate-tomentose and grows to a height of about two meters in height. Leaves are elliptical to oval in shape. The leaf base is … Read More “Waltherica Indica (Streculiaceae- Cacao family)” »
Common Name: Creeping blepharis. Tamil Name: Naalilai, Kooravaal Chedi. Creeping Blepharis is herb commonly seen in forest fringes and road sides of Tamilnadu. Leaves are node arranged in a whorled manner and at each there are about four sessile unequal sized leaves. It is a perennial herb. The leaves are abovate in shape, leaf apex … Read More “Blepharis madraspatenis (Acanthaceae- Acanthus family)” »
Common Name: Arrow leaf morning glory. Tamil Name: Mutiyar-kuntal Trailing herb found in fallow lands and forest edges. The often seen to march in straight lines. The leaves are arrow shaped; leaf base is auricled, the leaf apex is acute, mucronate. Flowers are tubular and yellow in color; the center portion of the flower is … Read More “Xenostegia tridentata (convolvulaceae- Morning glory family)” »
