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Osbeckia gracilis
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia gracilis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 45. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 518. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 494(349). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 187. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 198. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 130. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 144. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 127. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 373. 2009.
Osbeckia sublaevis Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7:321.1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 492(348). 1919.
Osbeckia lineolata Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 241. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 492(347). 1919; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 64. 2000.
Osbeckia lineolata Gamble var. anamalayana Giri & M.P. Nayar, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 244. 1983.
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Description:
Stout shrubs; branches glaucous, glabrous. Leaves to 3.5 x 2 cm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse at apex and base, cuspidate, yellowish green, densely covered with half-adnated hairs spreading from midrib, 3-ribbed; petiole 3 mm long. Flowers in terminal cymes, pedicelled; calyx tube 7 mm long, densely simple-hairy, lobes 4 x 3 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliate; petals 15 x 12 mm, obovate, ciliate, pink; anthers 5 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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):
Blue, 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:
-2100
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Localities:
Pongumala, Thekkady, Karimala, Devicolam, Kanjhippara
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