Dear Usha di, Few information to your query on behalf of Mani Ji, This is a shrub that starts flowering by July-August. It reaches a height of about 1.5-1.8m in height. Growing mostly in rocky area, open hill slopes and other open places, road sides, besides railway track, etc.
Regards Giby On 5 September 2011 05:34, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Mani Nair ji: > > WAS THIS A TREE LIKE PLANT > OR WAS IT A SHRUB, ie HOW TALL WAS IT? > > PLEASE TELL US THE HEIGHT of this plant..... > > AND if IS IT CULTIVATED or GROWING WILD.... > > thanks > > Usha di > ============= > > On Sep 4, 7:29 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Melastoma* *malabathricum* > > Tanay > > > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:08 AM, harithasandhya <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Melastoma malabathricum. > > > Called 'kathali' in Malayalam. > > > > > Regards, > > > Sandhya > > > > > On Sep 4, 12:19 pm, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > Sending a photo of flower. Kindly identify. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Mani. > > > > > > plant-id.jpg > > > > 98KViewDownload > > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected] > > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
