*Osbeckia wayanadensis* ? tanay On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- *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.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
