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Osbeckia aspera var. travancorica
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia aspera (L.) Blume var. travancorica (Bedd. ex Gamble) Hansen, Ginkgoana, 4: 84. 1977; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 187. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 257. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 198. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 190. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 272. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 144. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 127. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 222. 2005.
Osbeckia travancorica Bedd. ex Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 404. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919.
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Description:
Shrubs or perennial herbs; branches covered with reddish retrose bristles. Leaves to 15 x 5 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 7-ribbed, covered with adpressed hairs above and below; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers 6 cm across, 5-15 together in terminal cymes, bracts 1 cm across, orbicular; calyx cup 13 mm long, densely covered with stalked bristles, lobes 7 x 4 mm, obovate, emarginate, bristled; intersepalar emergences with stellate bristles; petals 3.5 x 2.5 cm, obovate, pink; filaments 13 mm long, anthers 9 mm long, acuminate, constricted at base.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vallakkadavu, Koruthode, Vengoli, Ranni, Agastyarkudam, Nadugani ghats
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