Black Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri) വവ്വാൽപ്പൂവ്

Common Name: Black Bat Flower
Botanical Name: Tacca chantrieri

മലയാളം പേര്: വവ്വാൽപ്പൂവ് 

Family: Dioscoreaceae

Burflower - tree, Kadam (Neolamarckia cadamba) കടമ്പ്

Common name: Burflower - tree, Kadam
Botanical name: Neolamarckia cadamba
മലയാളം പേര്: കടമ്പ്
Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)

Wild Grape (Ampelocissus latifolia) വള്ളിമാങ്ങ

Common name: Wild Grape
Botanical name: Ampelocissus latifolia
മലയാളം പേര്: വള്ളിമാങ്ങ
Family: Vitaceae (Grape family)

Yesterday today and tomorrow, morning noon and night, Brazil raintree (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

Common name: Yesterday today and tomorrow, morning noon and night, Brazil raintree
Botanical name: Brunfelsia pauciflora
Family: Solanaceae (potato family)

American elder, American black elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)

Common name: American elder, American black elderberry 
Botanical name: Sambucus canadensis
Family: Viburnaceae (Viburnum family)
Location: Chalakudy & Nelliyampathi

Date of observation: 26-12-2016, 04-03-2023

American elder is a bushy, multi-stemmed, wide-spreading shrub with deciduous compound leaves. It gets 3-4 m tall with a similar spread, and its brittle branches are pithy and soft. Elderberry often forms dense thickets, because of "suckers" produced from the roots. The leaves are opposite, compound, and up to a foot long. There are 5, 7 or 9 saw-toothed leaflets, each about 2-6 in long. The lowest leaflets are often lobed. The star-shaped white flowers are tiny but arranged in showy sprays up to 10 in across. The flat-topped circular or domed flower clusters can be very abundant. The edible fruits are shiny blue-black drupes with 3-5 Stoney seeds. They are 0.3-0.6 cm in diameter. American elder is native to North America and naturalized in many parts of India, particularly the Himalayas. It is also grown as an ornamental plant. Flowering: May-September.

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Flowers

Flowers

Flowers

Flowers

Ripe fruits

Fruits

Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens) പാൽവള്ളി, പാർവള്ളി

Common name: Black Creeper
മലയാളം പേര്: പാൽവള്ളി, പാർവള്ളി
Botanical name: Ichnocarpus frutescens
Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)

Location: Thumboor, Thrissur, Kerala

Date of observation: 04-12-2022

One of the LHP of Common crow butterfly(Euploea core) 

അരളി ശലഭത്തിന്റെ ഒരു ലാഭസ ആണ്‌.