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Osbeckia virgata
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Osbeckia virgata D. Don ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 323. 1834; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 188. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 165. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 111. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 167. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 259. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 199. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 190. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 131. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 274. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 145. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 132. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 129. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 280. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 223. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 297. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 374. 2009.
Osbeckia octandra sensu Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 521. 1879, non (L.) DC. 1828; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 493(348). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 110. 1982; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 141. 1995.
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Description:
Much-branched subshrubs, up to 1 m tall; young stem bluish, stiff appressed hairy. Leaves 1.5-3.3 x 0.5 - 1.8 cm, elliptic to linear-lanceolate,base attenuate, apex acute, hairy below on nerves, prominently 3-ribbed; petiole up to 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal few-flowered clusters, pentamerous, c. 2 cm across. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, subglobose with stalked stellate and simple bristles; lobes 5, lanceolate, acute. Petals pink, 6-7 x 3-4 mm, obovate. Stamens 10; anthers 4-5 mm long. Ovary 5-locular, with tufted stiff hairs. Capsules 6-7 x 4-5 mm, subglobose. Seeds minute, curved and minutely tubercled.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grassy areas in evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-700
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Localities:
Sholayar, Ponmudi, Kallar, Alampetty, Pachakkanam, Chokkampetti, Parambikulam, Vengoli, Sispara, Ranni, Panathur, Taliparamba, Nadugani ghats, Ampumala, Chathiyara, Bonaccord, Attayar
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