This is Ammannia baccifera of Lythraceae. Tamil name: "Neer mel neruppu"
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:55 AM, greenearth <sinha.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > An uncommon plant Seen in outskirts of Chennai growing in fallow land, > Small plant under 1 foot height ; > leaves are opposite and somewhat succulent, > individual flowers were 2 to 3 mm. pinkish coral in colour, > sessile ( or sub) along the stem. > Flowering in february > > A. Sinha > > >
