Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
Identify Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana 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 flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
- Genus
- Osbeckia
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Melastomataceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഒസ്ബെക്കിയ
About Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya and 15 other states. It grows in evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests and grasslands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
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