ID Request 3 -North Bengal Wildflower-2May09-SJ

[Sushmita Jha]

Hello all,

 

Here is a mauvish pink flower found to be common in the North Bengal hills.  ID help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Sushmita Jha

[satish phadke]

Appears to be Melastoma malabathricum from
Family Melastomaceae
Satish

2009/5/2 Sushmita Jha <sushmi...@gmail.com>

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Sushmita ji.

You posted them earlier & these were identified (same as by Satish ji now) as per earlier Indiantreepix thread: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/fd4048401920e1de

2009/5/2 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

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[JM Garg]

2nd image may be of Osbeckia stellata with four petals.