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Osbeckia aspera var. aspera
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia aspera (L.) Blume, Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 6: 220. 1831, var. aspera; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 519. 1879, p.p'; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 492(347). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 186. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 110. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 166. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 203. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 198. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 142. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 189. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 143. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 127. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 278. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 222. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 296. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 372. 2009.
Melastoma asperum L., Sp. Pl. 389. 1753.
Osbeckia kleinii Wight & Arn., Prodr. 323. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 492(348). 1919.
Osbeckia courtallensis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 242. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 492(348). 1919.
Osbeckia kewensis C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 34. 1938.
Osbeckia lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 242. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(348). 1919; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 142. 1995.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; branchlets more or less pubescent with appressed to spreading hairs. Leaves simple, opposite, 3.5-9 x 1.5-3.2 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, base attenuate, basally 5-ribbed, more or less pubescent with appressed short hairs on both sides, drying yellowish-green; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers ca 2 cm across, in terminal cymes, sometimes elongated clusters, pentamerous. Calyx tube 6-8 mm long, ca 5 mm wide, cupular, with dense short bristle-like hairs; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Petals 5, pink, 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm, ovate, apex rounded. Stamens 10; anthers 5-6 mm long. Ovary hairy at apex; style exserted, 1.25-1.5 cm long; stigma curved, papillate. Capsules 0.8-1 x 0.6-0.7 cm, ovoid, ribbed; seeds many.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and grasslands, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue, Purple, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Vazhachal, Karimala Hills, Udumbatheri, Melmala, Vallakkadavu, Vengoli, Sangili, Kulathupuzha, Damsite, Adoor, Tiruvalla, Lock-hert gap, Aroor, Teppakulam, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Bonaccord, Athirumala
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