Kerala Flora

Saturday, December 3, 2022

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.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) നീലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി

Common Name: Neelakurinji

മലയാളം പേര്: നീലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി
Botanical Name: Strobilanthes kunthiana
Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Location: Santhanpara, Idukki
Date of Observation: 11-10-2022

Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) നീലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി

Andrographis megamalayana

Botanical Name: Andrographis megamalayana Gnanasek., Karupp. & G. V. S. Murthy, Phytotaxa 244: 89 (2016)
Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Location: Santhanpara, Idukki
Date of Observation: 11-10-2022

Endemic to the Western Ghats.

Andrographis megamalayana

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Woody Salacia (Salacia fruticosa) ഏകനായകം

മലയാളം പേര്: ഏകനായകം
Common name: Woody Salacia
Botanical Name: Salacia fruticosa
Family: Salicaceae (Willow family)
Location: Red 2 Green Industrial Science Pvt Ltd.,
Vallakkunnu, Kalletumkara, Kerala

Fruits

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Branch with Fruits

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Branch with Fruit

Branch with Flower

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