Great pictures of a Polygalaceae member. I have seen yellow flowered and purple/pink flowered ones but this seems to be unique with combination of colours. Thanks for including the shots of fruits/seeds too. Will have to study the characters in detail for possible ID Dr Satish Phadke
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Please help me to identify this herb found in the scrub forest floor near > Chennai. Is this from Polygalaceae? > > Height: 1-1.5 feet > Leaf: 3cm long; mucronate-tip > Flowers: 0.8cm across; yellow (lower petal frimbiated I think) > > Date: 16 Aug 2012 > Place: Tiruvallur dist., TN > Alt.: c. 45 m asl > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > --
