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Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia aspera (L.) Blume var. wightiana (Benth. ex Wight & Arn.) Trimen, Fl. Ceylon 2: 196. 1894; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 187. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 203. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 198. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 144. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 131. 1999.
Osbeckia wightiana Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 1: 323. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 519. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 280. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 223. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs; stem 4-gonous, scabrous. Leaves 9-10 x 3-4 cm, ovate, rounded at base, acute at apex, 5-ribbed, densely hairy; hairs half adnated above and below; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers 3-5-together in terminal sessile clusters; bracts densely rufous hairy; calyx tube 8 mm long, densely tufted hairy, hairs rufous brown; lobes 3 x 2 mm, bristled at tip; anthers 9 mm long, acuminate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1400
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Localities:
Ichampetty, Vavalala, Thannikkudy, Silent Valley R. F., Ponmudi, Pongalapara
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