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Giby Kuriakose

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Oct 13, 2011, 9:41:44 AM10/13/11

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Osbeckia muralis Naudin of Melastomataceae family.

Photographed from Sringeri, Karnataka 3 days back.

Probably the smallest among all Osbeckia spp.

Plant height is hardly 10cm 9sometimes reaches 15cm. Sometimes branched

Flowers are small.

Regards

Giby

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GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Royal Enclave,
Jakkur Post, Srirampura
Bangalore- 560064
India
Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile)
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Balkar Singh

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Oct 13, 2011, 2:16:16 PM10/13/11

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Very Little Osbeckia Giby Ji. thanks for Sharing

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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Neil Soares

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Oct 13, 2011, 10:57:10 PM10/13/11

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Hi Dr. Giby,

Nice photographs ! These are mine.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Mahadeswara

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Oct 13, 2011, 11:06:17 PM10/13/11

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Nice photographs and reporting. Thanks for sharing.

On Oct 13, 6:41 pm, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Osbeckia muralis* Naudin of Melastomataceae family.

> Photographed from Sringeri, Karnataka 3 days back.

> Probably the smallest among all *Osbeckia* spp.

> Plant height is hardly 10cm 9sometimes reaches 15cm. Sometimes branched
> Flowers are small.
>
> Regards
> Giby
>
> --
> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD
> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
> Royal Enclave,
> Jakkur Post, Srirampura
> Bangalore- 560064
> India
> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile)
> visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
>

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 13, 2011, 11:11:45 PM10/13/11

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Very strange.
muralis means one that grows on walls. There are on ground :))
Pankaj

Giby Kuriakose

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Oct 14, 2011, 1:24:07 AM10/14/11

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Wow, Pankaj, actually I have seen them growing on ridges along roadsides and forest trek paths where some canopy gap is available.