May be Osbeckia
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Sandhya Sasidharan < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > A few pictures of a plant which I think belongs to Melastomataceae family > from my garden. > > Date: 8th and 11th Sep 2011 > > Location: Trivandrum city > > Habitat: Urban garden > > > > Plant Habit- Herb, prostrate spreading low along the ground > > > > Leaves are 2-4cm long 1.5cm broad. Simple and opposite. Hairy. Rough to > touch. Parallel veins.Exstipulate. > > > > Flowers: Regular. 5 petals. Corolla mauve coloured, 2.5-3cm across. Petiole > about 1cm long. > > 10 stamens. In two sets. Stigma 1. > > > > Branches are also hairy. > > > Calyx cup shaped covered with spiny hairs. 5 sepals. > > > > Minute seeds in large numbers. > > > Regards, > > Sandhya > > * * > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
