Agree with you all. This is Boerhavia diffusa, popularly called as
'Punarnava' (i think its a Sanskrit name). Tamil name is 'Mookirattai'

Regards

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi


On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote:

> Yes *Boerhavia *species. I have also captured this recently. Fruits are
> needed for species ID
> 'Punarnava' पुनर्नवा Medicinal I think.
> Family : Nyctaginaceae
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I photographed this bush with very tiny purple flowers ,in wild, @  Pune
>> on 20 th Oct 11.
>> Plz provide Id.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Neha S
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Dr Satish Phadke
>

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