DV :: 16NOV11 - 0930 :: ¿ Phytolacca ? along roadside, Ooty

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends, ... ID please.

Place: Ooty town (~ 2750 ft asl), Tamilnadu
Time: November 16, 2011 at 9.30am
Habit: small erect herb
Habitat: growing along roadside

Plant: standing about a metre high, often found 2 - 3 plants together
Inflorescence: about 9 - 12 cm
Flower: about 3-5 mm across

Regards.
Dinesh

[Prashant Awale]

Dear Dinesh,
To me it looks like some  Phytolaccaceae sp.

May be Phytolacca octandra??

Regards
Prashant

[Gurcharan Singh]

I think P. americana: flowers spaced, stamens 10-12 in number

In P. octandra flowers are condensed and stamens 8-10

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Prashant and Gurcharan ji for the leads.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

The altitude mentioned in

Place: Ooty town (~ 2750 ft asl), Tamilnadu

to read as 7250 ft

Apologies.

[JM Garg]

I think it should be https://efloraofindia.com/efi/phytolacca-octandra/ as per description and keys herein. 

[Dinesh Valke]

Yes, many many thanks Garg ji.

Missed to update this post; it was validated as Phytolacca octandra L. in iNaturalist.

Regards.

Dinesh