• 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 : Akka jogi gida (Kannada)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist places in scrub, deciduous- and moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : November-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Cuttack district, Subarnapur district, Nuapada district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
• 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 zeylanica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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