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Osbeckia stellata var. hispidissima
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia stellata Buch.-Ham. ex Ker-Gawl., Edw. Bot. Reg. 8: 674. 1822, var. hispidissima (Wight) Hansen, Gingkoana 4: 37. 1977; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 111. 1988.
Osbeckia hispidissima Wight, Ic. t. 1612.1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:516.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(349). 1919.
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Description:
Shrubs, hairs on stem long and stiff, patent at the base, but curved upwards, often somewhat flexuous. Leaves opposite, to 8.2 x 3.1 cm, oblong-lanceolate, 5-nerved; petiole 5-11 mm long. Flowers tetramerous, large, pink, terminal; bracts small, 4 mm long, glabrous dorsally and ventrally. Hypanthium 2.5-3 x 9-11 mm, sparingly covered with patent, glandular emergences and a few bristles at the very base, emergences with 1 to few hairs on the stalk or glabrous. Sepals ovate, glabrous dorsally or with 1 to few bristles. Fruit glabrous or only a few emergences left.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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:
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Localities:
Poochapara
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