✿Melastomataceae · Osbeckia
Rock Osbeckia
Osbeckia virgata
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Osbeckia virgata
- Genus
- Osbeckia
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- 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 Rock Osbeckia itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rock Osbeckia
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Rock Osbeckia (Osbeckia virgata) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Karnataka. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Botanical family
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Rock Osbeckia belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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