Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Amblyanthera truncata Bl. |
| synonym | Osbeckia coronata D. Don ex Wight & Arn. |
| synonym | Osbeckia cupularis D.Don ex Wight & Arn. |
| synonym | Osbeckia leschenaultiana Dalz. & Gibs. |
| synonym | Osbeckia truncata D. Don ex Wight & Arn. |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Description
Erect herbs. Leaves opposite, 1.5-3 x 1-1.8 cm, ovate or elliptic, thin coriaceous, densely strigose, 3-ribbed, base obtuse, margin entire, apex acute; petiole 4 mm, strigose. Cymes umbellate, terminal, also axillary, 2 x 2 cm. Flowers 8 mm wide; pedicel 2 mm. Calyx tube urceolate, 6 x 4 mm, equal to corolla; bristle hairs clusters, also scattered; lobes 4, lanceolate. Petals 4, white with pink blotches, obcordate, 5 x 5 mm. Stamens 8; filaments 4 mm; anthers ovoid, lobed basally, not beaked. Ovary 4 celled, subapically strigose, basally with 8 tongue shaped appendages, adnate to calyx tube; style 4 mm, curved. Capsule urceolate; seeds numerous.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Endemic to Southern Western Ghats
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Palakkad, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Hansen, 1977
- Osbeckia brachystemon Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 14: 57. 1850; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 111. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 141. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 130. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 144. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 278. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 372. 2009.
- Osbeckia cupularis D. Don ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 323. 1834, p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 514. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 494 (349). 1919.
- Osbeckia truncata D. Don ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 322. 1834 p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 514. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 494 (349). 1919.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Hansen, 1977
- Osbeckia brachystemon Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 14: 57. 1850; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 111. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 141. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 130. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 144. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 278. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 372. 2009.
- Osbeckia cupularis D. Don ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 323. 1834, p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 514. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 494 (349). 1919.
- Osbeckia truncata D. Don ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 322. 1834 p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 514. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 494 (349). 1919.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Genus | Osbeckia |
| Species | Osbeckia brachystemon Naud. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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