Osbeckia aspera Blume

 
  • Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
    (Melastoma Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asterostoma aspera (Meerb. ex Walp.) Blume; Melastoma asperum Meerb. ex Walp.; Asterostoma kleinii (Wight & Arn.) Blume; Melastoma asperum L.; Melastoma glaucum Wall.; Osbeckia aspera var. courtallensis (Gamble) Murugan & Manickam; Osbeckia aspera var. kleinii (Wight & Arn.) C.B.Clarke; Osbeckia capitata D.Don ex Wight & Arn.; Osbeckia courtallensis Gamble; Osbeckia kewensis C.E.C.Fisch.; Osbeckia kleinii Wight & Arn.; Osbeckia lawsonii Gamble; Osbeckia minor Triana
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Osbeckia aspera (Meerb. ex Walp.) Blume
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Grasslands, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional along grassy slopes or shady forests above 400-600m.
  • 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.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-June
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Davanagare district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Ernakulam district
  • Native : Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Manjunatha et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Osbeckia aspera. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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