Cup-Shaped Osbeckia
Osbeckia cupularis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- November-January
How to identify Cup-Shaped Osbeckia
Identify Cup-Shaped Osbeckia 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cup-shaped floral tube.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cup-Shaped Osbeckia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Osbeckia cupularis
- Genus
- Osbeckia
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-January
- 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 Cup-Shaped Osbeckia itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cup-Shaped Osbeckia
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Cup-Shaped Osbeckia (Osbeckia cupularis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in evergreen and Shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to January.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Cup-Shaped Osbeckia belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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