Osbeckia gracilis Bedd.

 
  • Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
    (Melastoma Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Osbeckia gracilis Bedd.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Shola
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Davanagare district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Thrissur district, Kollam district, Kottayam district, PNT, Thiruvananthapuram district, Alappuzha district, Ernakulam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Tirunelveli district, The Nilgiri district, Theni district
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Gamble, 1919. Fl. Pres. Madra. Vol. 1. pp. 494
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Osbeckia gracilis. Downloaded on 3 December 2024.

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