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Osbeckia wynaadensis
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia wynaadensis Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 521. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 188. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 199. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 190. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 145. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 129. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 374. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vayal athirani
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Tall shrubs; branches densely scabrid. Leaves to 18 x 3 cm, lanceolate, acute, 3-5-nerved, hairy; hairs adnated and spreading from the midrib. Flowers many, in terminal panicled cymes; pedicels 4 mm long; calyx tube 8 mm long, bristles 4 or 5 in a tuft, to 3 mm long; lobes 11 x 5 mm, lanceolate, ciliate; petals 20 x 10 mm, obovate, anthers 7 mm long. Seeds 0.5 x0.3 mm obovoid, minutely muriculate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas in semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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, Blue, Purple
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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:
Sholayar, Kalvarimala, Vavalala, Chenthamara, Anakkalvayal, Tirunalli, Pallode
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