Osbeckia aspera Bl

 
  • Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Melastomataceae
  • Species : Osbeckia aspera
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Osbeckia aspera Bl. (Unresolved name)
  • Endemism : South India
  • Key identification features : Branchlets slender, reddish-brown and slightly hirsute; Leaves three nerved, hirsute, elliptic-lanceolate; Flowers 5-merous, purple-pink in 3-6 flowered cymes with hairs along the margin; stamens yellow; calyx clothed with bulbous bristles.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Occasional along grassy slopes or shady forests above 400-600m.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kodagu
  • Floras referred : Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg

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