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Osbeckia leschenaultiana
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia leschenaultiana DC., Prodr. 3: 142. 1828; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:520.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 272. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 145. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 131. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 129. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 279. 2002.
Osbeckia gardneriana Wight, Ic. t. 997. 1843-45.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nailangi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets terete, corrugate, young parts with rufous hairs, internodes short. Leaves to 2.5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic-ovate, acute at apex, base rounded, densely pubescent, 3-5 nerved; petiole to 3 mm. Flowers terminal, solitary or capitate, pink; calyx cup with compound rufuous hairs, stalked hairs; petals to 2.5 cm, obovate; stamens 10, filaments 6 mm, anthers 6 mm, twisted.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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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):
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:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Sunderamala, Karimala, Karuvarakundu, Chemungi, Athirumala
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