Osbeckia aspera
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-April
How to identify Osbeckia aspera
Identify Osbeckia aspera by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Osbeckia aspera
- Genus
- Osbeckia
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate with more or less velvet-hairy on both sides.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate with more or less velvet-hairy on both sides.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Osbeckia aspera itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“Flowers are pink in color, show terminal cymes inflorescence.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Fruits are single seeded capsule.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Osbeckia aspera itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Osbeckia aspera
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Osbeckia aspera is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen forests and grasslands, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Osbeckia aspera belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
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