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Wild Flowers, Indian wild flowers with names
Most of the wild flowers are shot in Trichy, Coimbatore, Bengaluru – South India. Many of the wild flowers are tiny and not visible unless keen and closer look. Still we are trying to find some of the names of wild flowers. These are found in river banks, waste land, corner of farms, edges of river canal etc.
Common Name: Mexican prickly poppy, Cardosanto
Botanical name: Argemone mexicana
Family: Papaveraceae
Order: Ranunculales
Origin / Native : Tropcal America, India, Mexico, United States
Characteristic :Poisonous plant
Tamil : Kudiyotti, Ponnummuttai
Flowers: Yellow, showy
Location : Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore, Karnataka
Common Name: Cat's claw
Botanical name: Martynia annua
Family: Martyniaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native& Found In : Mexico, India
Category :Small herb
Genus : Martynia
Life Cycle: Annual
Sanskrit : kakanasika
Tamil : Kaakkaa mookuchedi
Common Name: Crab's eye, rosary pea, precatory pea
Botanical name: Abrus precatorius
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : India, Indonesia
Hindi :Ratti
Tamil : kundumani
Sanskrit : Gunja
Type: Perennial
Common Name: Chick weed, Goatweed
Botanical name: Ageratum conyzoides
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Tropical America
Flowering colors :Lavender, White
Type : Annual herb
Foliage: Dark green, Hairy
Flowering Season: Jul to Sep
Common Name: Algaroba, mesquite
Botanical name: Prosopis humilis
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Argentina, america, west indies
Genus :Prosopis
Hindi : Vilayati shami
Flowers: Greenish yellow
Hazardous: Flowers, fruits, leaves
Common Name: Morning Glory, Hooker's Woodrose, hawaiian baby woodrose
Botanical name: Argyreia hookeri
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Africa, India, Hawaii
Genus :Argyreia
Type : Perennial
Tamil: Kakkattan flower
Hindi : Kaladana flower
Common Name: African Bonebract
Botanical name: Sclerocarpus africanus
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Africa, India, America, Asia
Genus :Sclerocarpus
Type : Annual
Flowers: yellow, tiny, 7 toothed petals
Foliage: Dark green
Name: Torenia thouarsii
Synonym : Torenia pedunculata, Torenia ramosissima Vatke
Family : Linderniaceae
Order: Lamiales
Flowers : Blue with white variegated, tiny
Height :12 inches tall
Foliage: Evergreen
Found in / Grows in: Bank of the river, River streams, Grasslands
Location: Cauvery river, srirangam, india
Common Name: Starbur, Goat’s head, Hispid starburr, Bristly starbur
Botanical name: Acanthospermum hispidum
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : America, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand
Type :Annual
Flowers : Tiny, hairy, thorny, greenish yellow
Foliage: Dark green, hairy
Common Name: Slender Amaranth, Green Amaranth
Botanical name: Amaranthus viridis
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Asia
Sanskrit :Tanduliya
Tamil : Kuppai keerai
Flowers: Brown,tiny,clustered
Flowering season: Jul to Sep
Common Name: Indian Mallow, Indian abutilon
Botanical name: Abutilon indicum
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : India
Height :Up to 10 feet
Hindi : Kanghi
Flowers: yellow, 5-petals, greyish green leaf
Tamil: Thuthi
Common Name: Alligator weed
Botanical name: Alternanthera philoxeroides
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : America
Type :Perennial aquatic plant
Genus : Alternanthera
Plant & flowers : White, tiny, sharp eged blooms, green, hairy foliage, oval leaves, strong hairy stems
Common Name: Blue Star, Blue morning glory, picotee morning glory
Botanical name: Ipomoea nil
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : China, Mexico
Type :Ornamental annual herb, climbing vine
Blooming Time : 5 am - 7 am,early morning
Flowering colors: Blue, white, beige, purple
Foliage: Dark green, glossy
Common Name: Erect boerhavia, erect spiderling
Botanical name: Boerhavia erecta
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Mexico, India, America, Africa
Height :Up to 2 feet
Type : Perennial herb
Flowering colors: White, tiny, clustered
Foliage: Dark green
Common Name: Butterfly pea, Clitoria ternatea vine
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Asia
Type :Perennial
Used in : Traditional Ayurvedic medicine
Category: Climbing vine
Tamil : Kannikkodi
Common Name: Barnyard grass, barnyard millets, common barnyard grass
Botanical name: Echinochloa
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Europe, Asia
Type : Summer annual grass
Height : Up to 5 feet tall
Flowering Season: June-Oct
Grows in: Fields, road side, river bank
Common Name: Bermudagrass, scutch grass, Indian doab
Botanical name: Cynodon dactylon
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa
Tamil :Arugampul
Type : perennial
Grows in: Parks, fields, lawns
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Common Name: Para Cress, Para Cress Flower
Botanical name: Blainvillea acmella
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Africa, South America, Asia, Australia
Stems, leaf Type :Bristly hairy
Type : Annual
Flowers: Tiny, white, clustered, found in fields
Common Name: Buffel grass
Botanical name: Cenchrus ciliaris
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa, Iran
Height :4 to 6 feet
Type : Perennial grass
Flowers: Deep purple
Best for: Ground cover
Common Name: Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs, farmer's friend, burr marigold
Botanical name: Bidens pilosa
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : America
Type Season :Annual herb
Height : Up to 1.5 m high
Flowers: Tiny, white, 5 petals
Foliage: Dark green, grows in road side, fields
Common Name: Barbary fig, Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus indica flower
Botanical name: Opuntia ficus indica
Family: Cactaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Mexico
Tamil :Chapathi kalli
Type : Perennial, cactus, crop plant
Fruits: Egg shaped, fully ripened, matured fruits are edible, unripened fruits are poisonous
Common Name: Buttonweed, Pie marker
Botanical name: Abutilon theophrasti
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : South Asia
Height :Up to 8 feet
Type : Annual plant
Foliage: Greyish green, Heart shaped leaves, red stems, hairy fruits, 2.5 inch orange small flowers
Common Name: Bindweed, morning glory
Botanical name: Convolvulus arvensis
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe
Type : Perennial
Tamil : Bhoomi Chakra Poondu
Foliage & Flower : Dark green, hairy stems & leaves, white,purple throat blooms
Category : Climbing vine
Common Name: Blue Snakeweed, false verbena
Botanical name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Family: Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, America
Type:perennial herb
Foliage : Dark green, glossy
Flowers : Blue, tiny, attracks bees & butterflies
Common Name: Bellis perennis white, English daisy
Botanical name: Bellis perennis
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : America, Europe, Australasia
Type : Perennial
Genus : Bellis
Flowers : Small, white & pink
Best for : pots, hanging baskets
Common Name: Spider flower, spider plant, White cleome
Botanical name: Cleome hassleriana
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Brassicales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Argentina, South America
Life Cycle :Annual
Height : 1 feet to 4 feet tall
Flowers: White, clustered, 4 petals, 6 purple stamens, 1 stigma
Common Name: Graceful spurge, Graceful Sandmat, milk purslane
Botanical name: Chamaesyce hypericifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Africa, India, America
Category :Cactus
Type: Annual
Flowers: Tiny, white, 5 petals, clustered, hairy fruits
Foliage: Dark green,oval leaf, red stems
Common Name: Willow Leaved Dayflower
Botanical name: Commelina clavata
Family: Commelinaceae
Order: Commelinales
Origin / Native : China, India, Yunnan
Hindi :Jalpipari
Type : Perennial herb
Foliage: Evergreen, hairy leaf
Flowers : Blue & purple, 2 velvety petals
Grows in : River banks, streams, plains, fields
Common Name: Flax leaf Fleabane
Botanical name: Conyza bonariensis
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : South America
Flowering Season :April to Aug
Genus :Conyza
Habit: Erect perennial
Foliage & Flowers: Dark green, narrow leaf, white with yellow blooms
Common Name: Jute, Tossa jute, Nalta Jute
Botanical name: Corchorus aestuans
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan, Asia, US
Leaf Type :Leaves are alternatively arranged
Life Cycle : Annual
Hindi : Mithapat
Tamil: Perumpinnakkukkirai, Punaku, Peratti, kattuttuti
Common Name:Fireweed, thickhead, ebolo, Red flowered ragleaf
Botanical name: Crassocephalum crepidioides
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Madagascar, Africa
Type :Annual succulent herb
Flowering Season : Sep to Mar
Propagation : Seeds
Common Name: Creeping Blepharis
Botanical name: Blepharis maderaspatensis
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Africa, Asia
Hindi : Uttagana, Dudhiya choti
Flowering Month : Nov to Feb
Flowers: Tiny, purple, hairy, toothed one petals
Foliage: Deep green, hairy leaf and stems
Common Name: Rattlebox, rattlepod
Botanical name: Crotalaria albida
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : India, China, Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Nepal
Type : Herbaceous plants , woody shrubs
Height: 24 inches tall
Flowers: Yellow with brown veins, pea shaped, small, hairy bracts
Common Name: Ban Tulsi
Botanical name: Croton bonplandianus
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Euphorbiales
Origin / Native : South America, Asia
Hindi :Kala Bhangra
Tamil : Rail Poondu, Reilpoondu
Habit: Herb
Foliage: Deep green, mild hairy stems
Flowers: Tiny, white blooms, globe shaped immature buds
Common Name: Cucumber
Botanical name: Cucumis sativus
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : South Asia
Life Cycle :Annual
Type : Creeping vine
Flowers: Yellow, small, 5 petals
Foliage: Evergreen, hairy stems
Common Name: Crown flower
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : India, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia
Type :Shrub or small tree
Flowers : purple and blue, clusters of waxy flowers, 5 petals
Foliage: Greyish green
Common Name: Shingle Flatsegde
Botanical name: Cyperus imbricatus
Family: Cyperaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : pantropical, India
Flowering Season :March to Aug
Type : perennial herb
Height : up to 15 cm
Flowers : Brown, clustered tiny spikes of blooms
Common Name: Crowfoot grass, finger comb grass, Egyptian grass
Botanical name: Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Australia, Africa
Genus :Dactyloctenium
Hindi : Makra
Height: 1 feet
Type / Life Cycle: Annual herb
Common Name: windmill grass, Swollen Finger Grass, slimspike windmill grass, fingergrass
Botanical name: Chloris barbata
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Eurasia, Africa, America, India
Flowering :Throughout the year
Type : Annual, perennial herb
Common Name: Cheatgrass, Drooping brome
Botanical name: Bromus tectorum
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe,North Africa
Height :Up to 3 ft tall
Type : Annual grass
propagation: Seeds
Height: Up to 3 feet
Common Name: Canadian horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Butterweed, Marestail
Botanical name: Conyza canadensis
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : North and Central America
Life Cycle/ Type : Biennial, Annual
Habit: Herb, Forb
Flowers : White with yellow centric, hairy bracts
Common Name: Rattlepod, Creeping Hemp
Botanical name: Crotalaria filipes
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Africa, India
Height : Up to 30 cm
Type : Herbaceous plants, annual herb
Flowers : Tiny, yellow with brown blooms, greenish brown foliage & stems
Best for : ground cover
Common Name: Mallow bindweed, morning glory
Botanical name: Convolvulus althaeoides
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Mediterranean region
Type : Climbing annual vines
Blooming Time : Morning 6 am to 7 am
Best for : Hedges, walls
Flowers : Large, funnel shaped, white, purple, with pink throat
Common Name: Chinese Violet, Asystasia, Coromandel, Creeping Foxglove
Botanical name: Asystasia gangetica
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Africa, nigeria
Height : Up to 3 meter tall
Type : Ornamental plant, Perennial herb
Flowers : Small, purple with lemon yellow throat, funnel shaped
Common Name: Balloonvine, Heartseed Vine, Love in a Puff, balloon plant
Botanical name: Cardiospermum halicacabum
Family: Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : Tropical America, Asia, India, Africa
Type : Woody perennial vine
Tamil : Mudakathan
Flowers : Small, white, clustered, 6 petals
Common Name: Jute, East Indian Mallow
Botanical name: Corchorus capsularis
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : India, Asia, Africa, Burma
Height : Up to 2 feet tall
Type : Annual
Foliage : Deep green leaf & stems
Growth Habit : Subshrub, Forb, herb
Flowers : Tiny, clustered, 3 petals, yellow flowers & bracts
Common Name: Small Balloon Vine
Botanical name:Cardiospermum corindum
Family: Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa
Synonym :Cardiospermum canescens
Life Cycle : Perennial
Flowers : Tiny, white with pink, 6 petals
Grows in : Roadside, river-bank, forest border
Foliage : Green, pinnately, compound, 6 ribbed leaflets
Common Name: Bitter apple, desert gourd, colocynth
Botanical name:Citrullus colocynthis
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : Asia, Mediteranean region, Tropical Africa
Category :Desert vine
Type : Annual, perennial
Tamil : Pey komatti
Hindi : Ghorumba, badi indrayan
Common Name: Cassia tora
Botanical name:Senna tora
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : South Asia
Height :Up to 3 feet
Type&Category : Herb
Height : 3 feet
Foliage : Deep green
Flowers : Yellow, 5 petals, small, clustered
Common Name: Asian spider flower, Tickweed
Botanical name: Cleome viscosa
Family: Cleomaceae
Order: Brassicales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa
Height : Up to 60 inches[4.5 to 5 feet] tall
Habit/ Life cycle: Annual Herb
Uses : Medicinal
Tamil : Naikkaduku, Naivelai
Flowers :Small, yellow, 4 petals, 13 stamens
Common Name: Rattlepod, Rattleweed
Botanical name:Crotalaria pallid
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Category : Erect shrub or herb
Height :Up to 5 feet tall
Type/ Life cycle : Annual or Short lived perennial
Tamil : Kilukiluppai
Found in : Forest, river banks
Common Name: Desert horse purslane, Pigweed
Botanical name: Trianthema portulacastrum
Family: Aizoaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : North America, tropical and subtropical regions
Type :Annuals or perennials
Tamil : Sharunnai, saranai
Flowers & plant: Tiny, pink in color, 5 petals, deep green & red edged glossy foliage
Common Name: Panicled Peristrophe, Panicled Foldwing
Botanical name: Dicliptera paniculata
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : West Africa, Senegal
Tamil :Nagananda, kaarakkanjiram, karak kanciram
Genus : Dicliptera
Flowers & plant: Purple, tiny, 2 petals, deep green foliage
Common Name: Dissotis, Spanish Shawl,Trailing Tibouchina,Pink Lady
Botanical name: Dissotis rotundifolia
Family: Melastomataceae
Height: 6 inches
Origin / Native : Tropical West Africa
Life Cycle :Perennial
Type : Ornamental plant
Flowers & plant: Pinkish purple, 4 petals, small, hairy bracts and leaves
Common Name: Dwarf reed grass, Fountain Grass
Botanical name: Arundinella pumila
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Tropical regions around the world, Asia, Africa
Height :18 inches tall
Type : Annual, Herb
Camera: Nikon D40X
Common Name: Devil's trumpet
Botanical name: Datura metel
Family: Solanacea
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Asia, India, Israel, America
Type :Annual, Perennial herb
Height : 91.440 cm
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Flowers: Peachpuff or Moccasin, Blooms facing upside down, deep green foliage
Common Name: Moonflower, thorn-apple, sacred datura
Botanical name: Datura inoxia
Family: Solanaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : America
Type:Annual
Height : Up to 3 feet tall
Location: Kundadam, Tamilnadu, India
Flowers: NavajoWhite or beige
Common Name: Jimson weed
Botanical name: Datura stramonium
Family: Solanaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : America
Flowers :Large, unpleasant-smelling, trumpet shaped, MediumSlateblue with white bicolor
Location : Challaghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
LifeCycle/Type: Annual Herb
Common Name: Common water hyacinth
Botanical name: Eichhornia crassipes
Family: Pontederiaceae
Order: Commelinales
Origin / Native : South America, Amazon rainforest
Life Cycle : Perennial
Category : Herb
Tamil : Aagaya thamarai
Hindi : Jal kumbhi
Common Name: Green Shrimp Plant
Botanical name: Ecbolium ligustrinum
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Arabian peninsula, India
Height :Up to 3 feet tall
Type : Tropical and Rare tender Perennial
Tamil : Nilambari
Hindi : Udajati, Udajat
Synonym : Ecbolium viride
Common Name: Eggplant flower, brinjal, guinea squash
Botanical name: Solanum melongena
Family: Solanaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : India, Bangladesh
Height :Up 2 to 4 feet tall
Type : Tropical perennial
Tamil : Kathirikai poo
Flowers : MediumSlateBlue
Common Name: Dwarf Morning Glory
Botanical name: Evolvulus alsinoides
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : South America, Africa
Hindi :Shyamakrantha, Visnukrantha
Tamil : Vishnukranthi
Sanskrit: Shankhapushpi
Growth Habit: Herb
Flowers: Blue with white centric, tiny
Common Name: Pantropical weed, Asthma Weed, Common spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbia hirta
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : India
Hindi :Bara dudhi, dudhi
Tamil : Amman Pachirisi
Type : Annual herb, erect
Location : Tirupur, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Milk Purslane, graceful spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbia hypericifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa, America, south Ethiopia, Sudan
Life Cycle :Annual, Evergreen perennials
Growth Habit : Forb or herb
Synonym : Euphorbia rivae
Flowers: White with DarkMagenta, tiny
Common Name: Gray lovegrass, candy grass, stinkgrass
Botanical name: Eragrostis cilianensis
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Africa, Eurasia
Height :Up to 2 feet tall
Type : Annual herb
Flowering Season: July to Sep
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Beehive Cactus, spinystar, viviparous foxtail cactus, Desert Cactus
Botanical name: Escobaria vivipara
Family: Cactaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Canada, Mexico, North America
Synonym :Coryphantha vivipara
Type & Growth Habit : Perennial Shrub
Height: Up to 8 feet
Flowers: Golden yellow with pink, thorny plant
Common Name: Mexican rose
Botanical name: Echeveria elegans
Family: Crassulaceae
Order: Saxifragales
Origin / Native : Mexico
Life Cycle :Succulent evergreen perennial
Type : Ornamental plant
Foliage: Reddish green
Flowers: Pink, tiny, clustered
Location: Himalaya
Common Name: Forest Burr, creeping cock’s comb
Botanical name: Pupalia lappacea
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : kaunanat, Kashmir, India
Height :8 feet to 20 feet tall
Category : Climbing vine
Genus : Pupalia
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: False Indigo, Baptisia hybrid, Maroon wild indigo
Botanical name: Baptisia australis
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Florida, America, Eastern United States
Type :Upright perennial
Category : Herb, Shrub
Flowers : DarkRed or Maroon, Small
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: Fan petals, Prickly Fan-Petals, Prickly Sida
Botanical name: Sida rhombifolia
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : American continents
Synonym :Sida spinosa
Flowers : Small, beige, 5 petals
Type : Annual herb
Location : Tirupur, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Alkali yellowtops
Botanical name: Flaveria campestris
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Missouri, New Mexico, Arizona, Southwestern United States
Life Cycle :Annual
Habit : Herb
Flowers: Yellow, tiny, clustered
Found In or Grow in: Streams, Plains, Lake borders
Common Name: Coastal Globe Amaranth, Prostrate Globe Amaranth
Botanical name: Gomphrena serrata
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Argentina, America, India
Genus :Gomphrena
Type : Perennial or annual herb
Synonym : Gomphrena celosioides
Grows in: lawns, grasslands, grassy roadside, rice fields
Common Name: Green foxtail, green bristlegrass
Botanical name: Setaria viridis
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Eurasia
Height :Up to 4 feet tall
Type : Summer annual grass
Genus: Setaria
Flowers: Green, hairy spikes
Habitat/ Grows in: Fields, Roadsides
Common Name: Snow flower, false baby's breath, hedge bedstraw
Botanical name: Galium asperifolium
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Europe, India, Pakistan
Synonym :Galium mollugo
Type : Branched perennial herb, annual plant
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Genus : Galium
Common Name: Flame lily, glory lily, fire lily, tiger claw
Botanical name: Gloriosa superba
Family: Colchicaceae
Order: Liliales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa
Genus :Gloriosa
Characteristic : Poisonous
Tamil: Kaandhal, Kanvali poo
Hindi : Kalihari, Bachnag, Kadyanag
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, India
Common Name: Lobed Leaf Mallow
Botanical name: Hibiscus lobatus
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : India, Tropical Africa, Pakistan
Flowering Month :July - Oct
Type : Annual herb
Genus : Hibiscus
Flowers : Pink with white, small, 5 petals
Common Name: Hooked mimosa
Botanical name: Mimosa hamata
Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Thar desert, India
Flowering Season :Feb to Aug
Height : Up to 24 inches tall
Genus: Mimosa
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flowers: Orchid pink with deep green & red edged foliage
Common Name: Himalayan Fountain Grass, Buffel Grass
Botanical name: Pennisetum polystachion
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : North Africa, Central Asia
Type :Annual or perennial
Genus : Pennisetum
Synonym : Pennisetum flaccidum
Location: Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Bristly Heliotrope, heliotropes
Botanical name: Heliotropium strigosum
Family: Boraginaceae
Height: Up to 13 inches tall
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan
Genus :Heliotropium
Habit : Herb
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Location : Dharapuram, Tamilnadu, India
Common Name: Wild Sour, Bush Althea, Bush Sorrel
Botanical name: Hibiscus surattensis
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Found in : Tropical regions around the world
Flowering Season :Oct to Feb
Type : Annual, climbing herb
Foliage: Deepgreen
Flowers: Yellow, small, 5 petals
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Indian mallow, velvetleaf
Botanical name: Abutilon indicum
Family: Malvaceae
Height: Up to 10 feet tall [ 3 meter]
Origin / Native : India, Srilanka, Tropical / subtropical regions around the world
Type/Life Cycle :Perennial
Sanskrit : Atibalaa
Tamil : Thuthi
Genus : Abutilon
Common Name: Dalzell's Indigo, Sheild Indigo
Botanical name: Indigofera dalzellii
Family : Fabaceae (pea, or legume family)
Leaf Type: Hairy leaf, alternately arranged
Origin / Native : India
Flowering Month : July to Nov
Type : Perennial herb
Flowers: Deep pink with medium violet red, tiny
Foliage: Deep green, hairy
Common Name: Narrow leaf Indigo
Botanical name: Indigofera linifolia
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Tropical / subtropical regions around the world
Height :Up to 19 inches
Type : Annual or perennial herb
Flowers : Red with white throat, tiny, clustered
Foliage: Deep green
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, India
Common Name: Moon vine, moonflower
Botanical name: Ipomoea alba
Family: Convolvulaceae
Origin / Native: Tropical America, Mexico, North Argentina
Flowering Month : July to Nov
Height :Climbing Up to 4 meters [15 feet]
Category : Climbing vine
Best for : Archs
Synonym : Calonyction aculeatum
Common Name: Small Morning Glory, Guinea bissau
Botanical name: Ipomoea eriocarpa
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa, california, india
Type :Annual, ornamental Climbing vine
Location : Kundadam, Tamil Nadu, India
Flowers : Lavender with purple throat, small
Common Name: Wild Petunia, Obscure Morning Glory
Botanical name: Ipomoea obscura
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa, Pacific zone, Malaysia
Genus :Ipomoea
Type: Annual
Flowers: White with purple throat, large
Best for: Archs
Common Name: Ivy Gourd, baby watermelon, Tindora
Botanical name: Coccinia grandis
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : Asia, Asia, China, Thailand, Philippines
Tamil :kovakkai
Type : Tropical herb, Vine
Thai : Tam lueng
Hindi : Kunduru
Common Name: Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea pink
Botanical name: Ipomoea purpurea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : America, Mexico
Type :Annual Climber
Height : Up to 96 inches
Flowers: Pink with white throat
Location: Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, India
Common Name: Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea blue
Botanical name: Ipomoea purpurea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Origin / Native : America, Mexico and subtropical territories around the world
Blooming color :Blue with pink middle
Category : Climbing vine
Flowers: Blue with pinkish purple, trumpet shaped
Common Name: Birdsville Indigo, Nine leafed Indigo
Botanical name: Indigofera Linnaei
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa,Tropical, subtropical Areas
Life Cycle :Annual, perennial
Category : Herb, shrub
Location : Dharapuram, Tamilnadu, India
Flowers: Red, tiny, hairy leaf & stems
Common Name: Beige morning glory, fuehina
Botanical name: Ipomoea Carnea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Type: Climbing Vine
Origin / Native : Tropical areas of the world
Height :Up to 6 m tall
Flowering Month : July to Sep
Flowers: Beige, Ivory, corn silk or floral white
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India
Common Name: Blue morning glory, blue dawn flower
Botanical name: Ipomoea indica
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : India, China, Tropical territories of the world
Flower Shape :Funnel
Life Cycle & Category : Annual, Perennial climbing vine
Flowers: Blue with yellow throat
Common Name: Ipomoea indica pink
Botanical name: Ipomoea indica
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : India, China
Flower Shape :Pink with white throat in the middle & Funnel shaped
Life Cycle : Annual or Perennial
Flowers: Pink with white
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka.
Common Name: Ipomoea carnea blue
Botanical name: Ipomoea carnea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Brazil
Genus :Ipomoea
Life Cycle: Annual or Perennial
Location: Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India
Best for: Archs, pots, containers
Flowers: Dodger Blue with white throat
Common Name: Bellyache bush
Botanical name: Jatropha gossypiifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae [Spurge family]
Order: Malpighiales
Origin/Native : South America, Mexico, Caribbean islands
Category :Shrub
Flowers : Deep red or maroon with yellow
Hindi : Bherenda, Ratanjoti
Tamil : Siria Amanakku, Adalai, Atalai
Common Name: Khaki weed
Botanical name: Alternanthera caracasana
Family: Amaranthaceae [amaranth]
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Brazil, South America, Venezuela
Synonym :Alternanthera pungens
Type : Perennial, Annual
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India
Flowers: Green, thorny
Foliage: Deep green
Common Name: Mint leaves leucas, Woolly Leucas, Tufted Leucas
Botanical name: Leucas ciliata, Leucas marrubioides
Family: Lamiaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : Africa, Asia, Middle East, Queensland
Flowering Season :July to Sep
Type : Perennial herb
Tamil : Siru thumbai
Common Name: Thumbai, Common Leucas
Botanical name: Leucas aspera
Family: Lamiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Philippines
Height :Annual herb
Attracts : Bees, butterflies
Hindi : Chota halkusa
Used in: Traditional Philippines and tamil Medicine
Common Name: Acacia glauca Wild, jumbay, white leadtree, white popinac
Botanical name: Leucaena leucocephala
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Mexico, America
Hindi :Subabul
Type : Annual
Flowers: Beige, Navajo white, Antique white, globe shaped
Height : 15 eet
Best for : Fences
Common Name: Striped Lepidagathis, Lepidagathis
Botanical name: Lepidagathis fasciculata
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Height :Up to 1.5 feet
Category : Bristly prostrate herb
Flowers: White or Old lace, tiny
Foliage: Grayish green, bristly thorny edged leaves
Common Name: Little ironweed, Asian Ironweed
Botanical name: Cyanthillium cinereum
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Asia, Central & North America, Australia
Category :Branched woody herb or Forb
Type : Annual, Perennial
Sanskrit : Sahadevi
Malayalam : Poovamkurunnila
Common Name: Lablab bean, Indian bean
Botanical name: Lablab purpureus
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Africa, Tropical areas of the world
Type / Life cycle :Annual, short lived perennial climbing vine
Tamil : Avarai
Flowers: White, attracts insects
Synonym : Vicia faba
Common Name: Milk thistle, Prickly Lettuce
Botanical name: Lactuca serriola
Family: Asteraceae
Synonym: Lactuca sativa
Origin / Native : Africa, Asia, Europe, Eurasia
Grows in :Roadsides, fields
Life cycle : Annual, biennial
Sanskrit : Kahu
Flowers: Beige
Genus : Lactuca
Common Name: Lantana
Botanical name: Lantana rugulosa
Family: Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Tropical areas of America, Africa
Flowers :Small, Clustered, pink with white blossoms
Type : Perennial
Foliage: Evergreen
Common Name: Angled luffa, Chinese okra, Rridged gourd, Silk gourd
Botanical name: Luffa acutangula
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : India, Asia
Tamil :Peerkangai
Uses : Medicinal, Cuisine
Category : Climbing vine
Flowers: Yellow, small, mild fragrance
Common Name: Small blue parviflora
Botanical name: Lindernia Parviflora
Family: Linderniaceae
Type: Annual
Origin / Native : India
Category :Herb
Synonym : Ilysanthes parviflora
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: Blue, velvety, small
Location : Srirangam, trichy, india
Common Name: Calabash, bottle gourd
Botanical name: Lagenaria siceraria
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Flowering Season: July to Sep
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa
Height :Up to 20 feet
Life Cycle & Category : Annual Climbing vine
Flowers: White, mild hairy, 5 petals
Foliage : Deep green
Tamil Name : Suraikkaai poo
Common Name: Madras pea pumpkin, Bristly Bryony, Rough Bryony
Botanical name: Cucumis maderaspatanus
Family: Cucurbitaceae [gourd family]
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : India, Srilanka
Previous Name :Mukia maderaspatana
Type : Annual climber
Flowers: Yellow, small, 5 hairy petals
Foliage: Deep green, mild hairy
Location: Kundadam, Tirupur, india
Common Name: Mexican oleander, lucky nut
Botanical name: Thevetia peruviana
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Tropical South , Central America, Mexico
Category :Poisonous plant
Type : Evergreen shrub, small tree
Flowers: Yellow, mild fragrance, funnel shaped
Tamil : Manja arali
Sanskrit : Asvaghna, Karaveera
Common Name: Mountain knotgrass
Botanical name: Aerva lanata
Family : Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Asia, Australia, Africa
Life Cycle :Annual, Perennial herb
Tamil : Sirupoolai, Sirupeelai
Sanskrit : Astmabayda
Hindi : Gorakhbuti
Common Name: Mimosa hamata pink
Botanical name: Mimosa hamata
Family: Fabaceae
Order:Fabales
Origin / Native :Thar desert, India
Hindi :Mundi
Synonym : Mimosa armata
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Flowers: Medium orchid or pinkish purple with white lavender bicolor
Common Name: Morning mallow, Common Fanpetals, Common Wireweed
Botanical name: Sida rhombifolia
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Native & Found In : America, Australasia, India, Sri Lanka
Hindi :Janglimedhi, Bariyar
Sanskrit : Mahasamanga, Kharayashti, Atibala
Flowers: Beige, navajo white, small, 5 petals
Malayalam : Kurumtotti
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, India
Common Name: Nettle leaved goosefoot, Salt green
Botanical name: Chenopodiastrum murale
Family: Amaranthaceae [Amaranth family]
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Africa, Asia, Europe
Flowering Month :June to Aug
Type : Annual
Flowers: Purple with green
Location: Kundadam, tirupur, tamilnadu, India
Common Name: Pink wood sorrel
Botanical name: Oxalis debilis
Family: Oxalidaceae
Order: Oxalidales
Origin / Native : Oaxaca, Mexico, Asia, Europe
Habit :Herb
Height : 1.5 feet
Type: Perennial
Flowers: Purple, magenta with yellow centric, small, 6 petals
Common Name: Sleeping beauty, Creeping woodsorrel
Botanical name: Oxalis corniculata
Family: Oxalidaceae
Order: Oxalidales
Origin / Native : Europe
Grow in :Fields, Lawns, Garden
Type : Perennial Herb
Flowers: Yellow, small, 5 petals
Synonym : Oxalis stricta
Hindi : Chichoda bhaji
Common Name: Slender Oldenlandia
Botanical name: Oldenlandia herbacea
Family: Rubiaceae
Height: Up to 15 inches
Origin / Native : Africa
Uses :Medicinal
Type :Deciduous legume tree
Flowers: White, 4 petals, tiny, clustered
Foliage: Deep green
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Pulicaria, Sontikli
Botanical name: Pulicaria wightiana
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Europe, India, Asia
Height :Up to 24 inches tall
Type : Annual
Flowers : Yellow, small, showy, fragrance
Synonym : Pulicaria dysenterica
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, India
Common Name: Pink morning glory, Bush morning glory
Botanical name: Ipomoea carnea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Tropicals of South America
Height :Up to 16 feet tall
Category : Tree like Shrub
Hindi : Behaya
Synonym : Synonym
Flowers : Pink with Purple centric, Funnel-shaped, Clustered or single
Common Name: Purple crossandra
Botanical name: Ecbolium ligustrinum
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Sri Lanka, India, Malaya
Height :Up to 3 feet tall
Flowers : Rosy brown, amethyst, medium purple
Hindi : Purple Aboli, priyadarsha
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name: Large Caltrops, Gokhru
Botanical name: Pedalium murex
Family: Pedaliacae
Order: Lamiales
Found In : India, Pakistan, Tropical Africa, Ceylon, Mexico
Height :Up to 36 inches tall
Uses : Medicinal
Flowers: Yellow with lemon chiffon or corn silk, funnel shped
Sanskrit : Gokshura
Common Name: Carrot grass, Bitterweed, Parthenium weed
Botanical name: Parthenium hysterophorus
Family:Asteraceae
Order : Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Tropical America
Type :Annual, Perennial herb
Hazardous :Poisonous leaves and flower
Genus : Parthenium
Camera : Nikon D40X
Height : Up to 6 feet tall
Common Name: Pergularia, Trellis vine
Botanical name: Pergularia daemia
Family:Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa, Europe
Type & Category :Perennial climbing vine
Uses : Medicinal
Synonym : Daemia extensa
Grow in : Woodland, roadside, Riverbank
Location : Kundadam, tirupur, india
Common Name: Mousetail plant, Myrtle-leaved Leaf Flower
Botanical name: Phyllanthus myrtifolius
Family:Phyllanthaceae
Order : Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Australia
Height :Up to 10 feet tall
Uses : Ornamental, Bonsai
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Category : Small Tree or Large shrub
Common Name: Longstalked phyllanthus, Phyllanthus
Botanical name: Phyllanthus tenellus
Family:Phyllanthaceae
Height : Up to 36 inches tall
Origin / Native : Brazil
Type :Annual or perennial
Category : Herb
Genus : Phyllanthus
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Grows in : Fields, grasslands, roadsides
Common Name: Pitseed goosefoot, Lamb's quarters, Stinkweed
Botanical name: Chenopodium berlandieri
Family:Amaranthaceae
Order : Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Alaska, Canada
Growth Rate :Fast
Type : Erect Annual herb
Location : Kundadam, Tamilnadu, South India
Camera : Nikon D40X
Grows in : Streams, roadsides
Common Name: Prickly chaff flower
Botanical name: Achyranthes aspera
Family:Amaranthaceae
Order : Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa
Type :Herb
Tamil : Nayuruvi
Hindi : Latjira, Chirchira
Sanskrit : Mayura, Apamarga
Uses : Ayurveda, Medicinal
Common Name: Prickly amaranth, Spiny amaranth
Botanical name: Amaranthus spinosus
Family:Amaranthaceae
Order : Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Tropical America
Hindi :Kanta chaulai
Tamil : Mulai keerai
Height : 3 feet tall
Life Cycle : Annual
Common Name: Prostrate Globe amaranth
Botanical name: Prostrate gomphrena
Family:Amaranthaceae
Flowering Season : All Year
Origin / Native : India, America, Caribbean islands
Grow in :Fields, Roadsides
Type : Perennial or annual herb
Synonym : Gomphrena serrata
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name: Purslane
Botanical name: Portulaca oleracea
Family:Portulacaceae
Order : Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Arabs, Persians
Uses :Ayurveda, Medicinal
Type : Annual
Flowers : Yellow, velvety, tiny
Foliage : Reddish green, fleshy
Common Name: Plumbago Auriculata White
Botanical name: Plumbago auriculata var. alba
Family:Plumbaginaceae
Type : Annual, perennial
Origin / Native : South Africa
Light & Care :Full sun, well drained soils
Category : Evergreen shrub
Location :Abu Hills, Rajasthan
Camera : Nikon D50
Common Name: Turkey tangle, frog fruit
Botanical name: Phyla nodiflora
Family:Verbenaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : California, South America, US
Synonym :Lippia nodiflora
Uses : Ornamental, Medicinal, Siddha
Tamil : Poduthalai
Location : Tirupur, Tamilnadu, South India
Common Name: Priva Flower
Botanical name: Priva leptostachya
Family:Verbenaceae
Order : Lamiales
Synonym : Priva cordifolia
Flowering Season :Year Around
Type : Herb
Flowers : White, small, hairy green bracts
Location : Erode, Tamilnadu, South India
Height : 3 feet
Common Name: Love in a mist, Wild maracuja
Botanical name: Passiflora foetida
Family : Passifloraceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Texas, Caribbean islands, Central & South America, US
Habit : Creeping, climbing vine
Flowers : White with purple, showy
Hindi : Jhumka lata flower
Tamil : Siruppunaikkali, Mupparisavalli
Common Name: Fringeleaf wild petunia, wild petunia
Botanical name: Ruellia humilis
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Type : Perennial
Category :Herb, Climbing shrub, Vine
Origin / Native : Eastern United States
Flowers : Purple with white throat, funnel shaped
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, TN, India
Common Name: Purple Tooth Rungia, Toothed Rungia
Botanical name: Rungia crenata
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native: India, China
Type :Erect herb
Height : Up to 36 inches tall
Flowering Month : July to April
Flowers : White with blue violet, tiny
Common Name: Rungia
Botanical name: Rungia parviflora
Family: Acanthaceae
Flowers: Purple, tiny,single petal with hairy bracts
Foliage : Evergreen, hairy, Leaves are oval, simple
Category :Large Evergreen Tree
Uses & Order : Medicinal & Lamiales
Grow In: Dry Lands, Wild Areas
Type : Annual creeping plant, Herb
Common Name: Wild Petunia, Black weed, Bell Weed
Botanical name: Ruellia prostrata
Family:Acanthaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Genus :Ruellia
Synonym :Ruellia rivularis
Flowering Season : June to Sep
Camera : Nikon D40X
Flowers : Medium purple, medium slate blue, funnel shaped, showy
Common Name: Mexican bluebell, Ruellia simplex
Botanical name: Ruellia angustifolia
Family :Acanthaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, South America, Caribbean Islands
Flowers :Blue, medium slate blue, small, funnel shaped, showy
Type & Habit: Herbaceous perennial
Height : 2 feet
Common Name: Rose Myrtle
Botanical name: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
Family: Myrtaceae
Order: Myrtales
Origin / Native : India, Philippines, china, Asia
Found in :Rain forests
Category : Shrub, small tree
Flowers : Pink, small, clustered, 5 petals
Foliage & plant: Dark green, 12 feet
Location: Ooty, sleeping lady mountain point, nilgiris, india
Common Name: Rosy milkweed vine
Botanical name: Oxystelma esculentum
Family: Apocynaceae
Sub family: Asclepiadaceae
Order : Gentianales
Category :Climbing vine/Creeper
Type / Lifecycle : Perennial
Location: Srirangam river bank, trichy, tamil nadu, India
Flowers: Red violet with white, small, clustered, mild hairy
Common Name: Desert cassia, Cassia, glossy shower
Botanical name: Senna surattensis
Family : Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : India, Sri Lanka
Flowering Season : Summer, Autumn, Winter
Category : Evergreen shrub
Flowers: Bright yellow, small, clustered, showy
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Common Name: Star chickweed
Botanical name: Stellaria pubera
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : United States
Habit :Forb or herb
Type : Perennial
Flowers : Magenta, Purple, showy, small, clustered with teal green foliage
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, TN, India
Common Name: East Indian Globe Thistle
Botanical name: Sphaeranthus indicus
Family : Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : India, Southeast Asia
Category :Herb
Uses : Ayurveda, Medicinal
Flowers: Purple, Dark magenta, medium violet red, small, globe shaped, showy
Hindi : Gorakhmundi
Location : Srirangam river, Trichy, TN, India
Common Name: Common Wireweed
Botanical name: Sida acuta
Family: Malvaceae [mallow family]
Uses: Siddha, Medicinal
Origin / Native : Central America
Type:Perennial
Category : Herb, Shrub, Subshrub
Flowers: Beige, corn silk, small, 5 petals, borne on leaf stalk
Synonym : Sida carpinifolia
Common Name: Western sea-purslane
Botanical name: Sesuvium verrucosum
Family: Aizoaceae [iceplant family]
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : California, Mexico, America
Life Cycle :Perennial
Category : Herb
Synonym : Sesuvium erectum
Flowers: Pink, tiny, clustered, 5 petals
Plant: Deep green foliage, hairy
Common Name: Small balloon vine
Botanical name: Cardiospermum corindum
Family : Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : Africa and Asia
Flowers :Small, White, 4 petals, clustered, fruits are baloon shaped, blooming all year
Category : Climbing vine, Herb
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Common Name: Snake bean flower, Yardlong bean, Chinese long bean
Botanical name : Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
Family : Fabaceae
Order : Fabales
Origin / Native : Asia, China
Type :Annual
Flowers:Medium purple, slate blue, pea shaped, vegetables are edible
Category: Climbing Shrub, Vine
Common Name: Bristly buttonweed, False buttonweed
Botanical name: Spermacoce articularis
Family:Rubiaceae [coffee family]
Order : Gentianales
Origin / Native : Asia, Australia, America, Africa
Height :Up to 23 inches tall
Type & Category : Annual herb, Shrub
Flowers : Purple, tiny
Foliage : Deep green, mild hairy
Common Name: Spiny barleria, Spiny Yellow Barleria
Botanical name: Barleria rotundifolia
Origin/ Native:India, Sri Lanka, Tropical East Africa, Asia
Grow In : Riverbanks, Rocks, Tropical savannas, Roadsides
Type : Perennial
Category :Erect shrub
Flowers :Peach puff, beige, moccasin, light yellow
Foliage : Teal green, thorny, 3 feet
Common Name: Small flowered rungia
Botanical name: Rungia polygonoides
Family:Acanthaceae
Order : Lamiales
Class : Magnoliopsida
Grow in :Fields, wild, Wasteland, Dry areas
Category : Creeping plant, Herb
Foliage : Deep green, hairy leaf & stems
Flowers : Purple with white, tiny blooms with mild thorny bracts
Common Name: Small gourd, West Indian gherkin
Botanical name: Cucumis anguria
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order :Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : Africa
Category :Herbaceous scrambling vine
Genus : Cucumis
Flowers : Yellow, small, borne on leaf stalks, hairy
Foliage : Green, hairy stems & leaves
Common Name: Prickly sow thistle, Sharp fringed sow thistle, Spiny Milk Thistle
Botanical name: Sonchus asper
Family : Asteraceae
Order : Asterales
Origin / Native : Africa
Height :Up to 72 inches tall
Type :Annual
Light requirement : Sunny, part shade
Flowers : Yellow, small, showy, narrow petals
Common Name: Alexandrian Senna
Botanical name: Senna alexandrina
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Up to 5.5 feet tall
Category : Ornamental shrubby plant
Height :8 feet
Foliage : Deep green
Flowers : Yellow, aromatic, clustered
Location : Ooty, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Coffee Senna,coffeeweed
Botanical name: Senna occidentalis
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Egypt, Africa, America,Arabia
Height :3 to 5 feet tall
Type / Life cycle: Annual
Flowers : Bright yellow, small, clustered
Sanskrit : Kasamarda
Common Name:Horse Purslane, Giant pigweed
Botanical name: Trianthema portulacastrum
Family: Aizoaceae [ice plant family]
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Annual
Type :Herbaceous perennial
Category : Prostrate herb
Flowers: Pink, tiny, borne on leaf stalks
Foliage: Deep green with purple edges
Location: Kundadam, Tirupur, TN, India
Common Name: Turquoise crossandra
Botanical name: Ecbolium viride
Family: Acanthaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native: India, Africa, Malaysia
Height :12 inches to 3 feet tall
Type : Perennial
Synonym : Crossandra infundibuliformis, Ecbolium linneanum
Flowers: Pale turquoise, medium aqua marine, teal, cadet blue, clustered, showy
Common Name: Trichodesma, Indian Borage
Botanical name: Trichodesma indicum
Family: Boraginaceae
Uses: Medicinal
Origin / Native : India, Tropical Africa, Asia
Category :Erect Herb
Height & Type: 2 feet, Annual
Foliage: Evergreen, narrow leaves, simple, hairyy, red stems
Flowers: White or lavender blush, velvety, small
Common Name: Tindora, baby watermelon
Cultivar name: Coccinia grandis
Family : Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Coccinia
Origin / Native : India, Philippines, China, Asia, Africa
Uses :Sidda, Ayurveda, Medicinal, Cuisine
Habit : Tropical climbing vine
Foliage: Evergreen,large, glossy
Flowers : White, small, smooth
Common Name: Portia Tree, Indian tulip tree
Botanical name: Thespesia populnea
Family:Malvaceae [Mallow family]
Order : Malvales
Origin / Native : India
Category :Shrub, small tree
Tamil : Poovarasu
Flowers : Beige, lemon chiffon, moccasin, cup shaped, showy
Foliage : Deep green
Common Name: Bindii, Tackweed
Botanical name: Tribulus terrestris
Family:Zygophyllaceae
Order : Zygophyllales
Origin / Native : Africa, Southern Europe & Asia
Habit :Herb
Uses : Ayurveda, Medicinal
Foliage : Evergreen, hairy
Flowers : Yellow, small, 5 petals, showy
Common Name: Dark eyed turnera, Sulphur alder, White buttercup
Botanical name: Turnera subulata
Family:Passifloraceae[Passion flower family]
Order : Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Florida, South & Central America, West Indies
Height :Up to 20 inches tall
Flowers :White, yellow, black tricolour, small, showy, evergreen foliage, found in hills, mountains
Common Name: Coat buttons, Tridax daisy
Botanical name: Tridax procumbens
Family:Asteraceae [daisy family]
Order : Asterales
Origin / Native : India, Tropical America
Hindi :Ghamra plant
Type & Lifecycle : Unerect perennial herb
Flowers : White, light yellow, corn silk, beige, 6 toothed petals, small blooms connected with long hairy stem
Common Name: Indian Ipecac
Botanical name: Tylophora indica
Family : Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Indian Peninsula, Asia
Life cycle : Perennial
Category : Climbing herb / twining shrub
Flowers :Purple, dark magenta with green, bicolour, small, star shaped, clustered
Location :Srirangam river bank, Trichy, India
Common Name: Glory Flower, Princess flower
Botanical name: Tibouchina urvilleana
Family : Melastomataceae
Order: Myrtales
Origin / Native : South America, Brazil, Mexico
Flowers :Blue, purple, Dark violet, Indigo, showy, small, 5 petals with red hairy bracts, colourful
Genus : Tibouchina
Category: Shrub, Tree
Height: 3 feet to 12 feet
Common Name: Umbrella palm, Umbrella Grass, Umbrella Papyrus
Botanical name: Cyperus alternifolius
Family : Cyperaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Category : Grass like ornamental plant
Synonym : Cyperus involucratus
Height : Up to 72 inches tall
Life Cycle: Perennial
Common Name: Urena, Caesar weed
Botanical name: Urena lobata
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : Tropical, subtropical areas of the world
Type :Annual, Perennial
Category : Erect Subshrub
Flowers : Pink, small, 5 petals, showy
Height : Up to 3 feet
Common Name: Purple Fleabane, Sahadevi, Goat weed
Botanical name: Vernonia cinerea
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : India, Asia
Category :Annual, Perennial herb
Synonym : Cyanthillium cinereum
Flowers : Blue violet, purple, tiny, clustered
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, India
Common Name: Five leaved chaste tree
Botanical name: Vitex negundo
Family: Lamiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan
Category :Small aromatic tree, large shrub
Tamil: Nochi
Foliage: Grayish green, medicinal, 12 feet tall
Flowers: Slate blue, purple, tiny, clustered, aromatic
Common Name: Prickly acacia, gum arabic tree
Scientific name: Vachellia nilotica
Family : Fabaceae
Order : Fabales
Origin / Native : Africa, Middle East, India
Height :Up to 60 feet tall
Category : Semi-deciduous tree
Foliage: Evergreen
Good for : Public parks, roadsides, avenues
Flowers : Yellow, hairy, globe shaped
Common Name: Wood sorrel, Wood sorrel pink
Botanical name: Oxalis magnifica
Family : Oxalidaceae
Order: Oxalidales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Tropical America
Type : Annual, perennial
Synonym : Ionoxalis oaxacana Rose
Location :Lalbagh, bangalore,karnataka, india
Flowers :Purple, magenta, small, clustered
Common Name: White clitoria flower, White Clitoria
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea, Clitoria ternatea alba
Family : Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Tropical & subtropical Asia, Africa
Type :Herbaceous perennial plant
Uses : Medicinal, Ayurveda
Category : Evergreen climbing vine
Common Name: Wild melon, wild musk melon
Botanical name: Cucumis melo var agrestis
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order : Cucurbitales
Synonym: Cucumis melo ssp agrestis
Type & Category :Annual & Climbing Vine
Genus : Cucumis
Foliage : Evergreen, hairy
Flowers: Yellow, small, 5 petals
Common Name: Wild moong
Botanical name: vigna radiata var sublobata
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan
Type:Annual herb
Genus : Vigna
Flowers : Yellow, tiny
Foliage : Evergreen, hairy, 2 feet
Common Name: Wild poinsettia, Mexican fireplant, Painted Euphorbia
Botanical name: Euphorbia heterophylla
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, California, Central America
Height :Up to 30 inches tall
Type : Annual
Synonym : Euphorbia epilobiifolia
Grows in : Roadside, Wild areas
Common Name: White water sedge, White kyllinga,Cyperus kyllinga
Cultivar name: Kyllinga nemoralis
Family : Cyperaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : India, Africa, South East Asia, Australia
Type :Perennial
Uses : Medicinal
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers : White, tiny
Common Name: Wild Jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum angustifolium
Family : Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, South india, srilanka
Flowering season : June, July, Aug
Category : Climbing flowering shrub
Flowers: White, strong fragrance
Foliage: Evergreen
Common Name: Merremia tridentata, Xenostegia, Arrow leaf Morning Glory, African Morningvine
Botanical name: Xenostegia tridentata
Family : Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : India, Africa
Tamil :Tirippanpul, Savolikkoti
Uses : Medicinal, Ayurveda
Habit: Climber
Flowers: Light yellow, corn silk with maroon
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