Yes It should be a *Lobelia* sp., But *L. heyneana* or *L.* *alsinoides* ? *Lobelia alsinoides* Lam. Syn: *Lobelia trigona* Roxb. Decumbent herbs, rooting from lower nodes, stem 3-winged. Leaves 1-2 x 1-1.5 cm, ovate-orbicular, apex obtuse, crenate, petiolate; petiole 3 mm broad; upper leaves sessile, elliptic, acute, smaller. Flowers in terminal raceme; sepals 5 mm long, lanceolate; corolla blue,10 mm long, upper 3 lobes obovate, lower 2 lobes narrower. Capsule 6 mm long, glabrous; seeds trigonous, brown.
*Lobelia heyneana *Schult. Syn: Lobelia dichotoma Miq.; Lobelia trialata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Lobelia zeylanica sensu Clarke var. walkeri. Diffuse herbs, stem 3-winged, glabrous. Leaves 3 x 1.5 cm, obovate, apex obtuse or acute, base narrowly winged on the petiole, crenate-serrate, nerves 4 pairs; upper leaves sessile. Flowers in terminal, short raceme; sepals 4.5 x 1 mm, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla blue, 10 mm long, ventral lobe broader; lateral and dorsal lobes lanceolate; anthers 2.5 mm long, 2 anthers with penicillate black hairs at apex; style stout, curved; stigma with a ring of hairs below. Please compare. -- *Prabhu Kumar K M* Scientist Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) & 'CMPR' Herbarium Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, Malappuram *E-mail: [email protected]* --
