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Neha Singh

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Sep 23, 2011, 3:41:51 AM9/23/11
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Hi friends, requesting Id for  attached flower bush .
 
Melastomataceae family ???

Habit - Bush
Habitat - Planted
Location- University Of Pune Garden
Date- 12th Nov 2010.
 


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Neha Singh

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Balkar Arya

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Sep 23, 2011, 5:28:13 AM9/23/11
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looks like Osbeckia
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Tanay Bose

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Sep 23, 2011, 9:46:58 AM9/23/11
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Osbeckia octandra?
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Neha Singh

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Sep 23, 2011, 11:04:05 AM9/23/11
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Osbeckia for sure but which I m uncertain.
In some pics it looks like Osbeckia octandra and  in others like Osbeckia wayanadensis .

But I m no expert so Tanay sir may be you are right.

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Neha Singh.

Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 26, 2011, 2:08:22 AM9/26/11
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Dear Neha,

This is not O. wynadensis, I think. 

Please check Osbeckia chinensis, a creeping plant. 


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Neha Singh

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Sep 26, 2011, 11:15:35 AM9/26/11
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Giby Sir, in 2-3 pics it does resembles  Osbeckia chinensis but in most of the pics of O. chinensis the leaves are not ovate ( as in my pic ) but linear.

 eg- http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_rodd/4480735992/ .
 
If leaves of O. chinensis are ovate then this one is  chinensis certainly.

Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 26, 2011, 1:26:15 PM9/26/11
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I think Neha Ji has a point by saying Osbeckia chinensis leaves are not but are linear-lanceolate. 
You may see the diagram of O. chinensis drawn by Osbeck @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbeckia 

Now what species this could be I have seen O. waynadensis in the wild they are different.
Would you please let me know the number of stamens and whether they are of equal length or not.


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Giby


hari lal

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Sep 27, 2011, 12:06:31 AM9/27/11
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nice photography neha jee its new for me thanks
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Neha Singh

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Sep 27, 2011, 4:04:47 AM9/27/11
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Thanks Hari lal ji. This is first Osbeckia for me too.

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Neha Singh




Neha Singh

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Oct 13, 2011, 6:13:09 AM10/13/11
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Finaly identified by dear Giby Sir as Heterotis rotundifolia.

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