• Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
  (Melastoma Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MELASTOMATACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Nailangi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen and Shola forests
• Flower, Fruit : November-January
• Collection Nos : CJS 15302
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Osbeckia cupularis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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