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Osbeckia reticulata
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia reticulata Bedd., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 216. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 520. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919; Hansen, Ginkgoana 4: 115. 1977.
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Description:
Shrub; branchlets rusty. Leaves 5-8 x 2.5-4.5 cm, coriaceous, strigose, dark green above, paler below, 5-7-nerved, base obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acute; petiole 1 cm. Cymes terminal, to 6(8) cm, 4-6-flowered; peduncle 0. Flowers 5-merous, 6 cm wide. Hypanthium urceolate, 1.5 x 1.4 cm; intersepalar emergences stalked, cupular, 7 x 3 mm; lobes 5, oblong, 9 x 4 mm; bristle hairs both simple and stellate. Petals 5, purple-rose, orbicular, 4 x 3 cm. Stamens 10, to 2 cm; filaments 1 cm; anthers equal to, or slightly longer than, filaments, oblong, slightly beaked. Ovary 5-celled, 10-lobed; style 2.5 cm. Capsule urceolate, 1.8 x 1.8 cm; seeds numerous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-August
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
High altitude 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):
Violet
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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:
Kanthaloor forests
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