Osbeckia muralis

Osbeckia muralis Naud., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3.14:56. 1850. (Syn. O. truncata D.Don Ex White & Arn.);
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os-BEK-ee-uh — named for Swedish explorer and naturalist Pehr Osbeck … Dave’s Botanary
mur-AH-liss — found growing on walls … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: wall osbeckia • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ ಜೋಗಿ ಗಿಡ akka jogi gida, ಗಿಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ gidda nekkare, ಗಿಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರಿಕ gidda nekkarika • Malayalam: ചെന്തുമ്പ centumpa, ചെറുകുളത്തി cherukulathi, കുഞ്ഞതിരാണി kunjathirani • Marathi: गुलबेकी gulbeki • Sanskrit: तिनीशः tinisah • Tamil: செந்தும்பை cen-tumpai • Telugu: బురద అల్లి burada alli • Tulu: ದೈ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dai nekkare
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Native to: s India, Sri Lanka
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Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2007)- (Description & Keys- Osbeckia muralis, virgata, stellata, chinensis & zeylanica)
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Erect herbs; stem 4-angled, laxly villous. Leaves 1-3.5x 0.8-2 cm, elliptic to oblong, base rounded to obtuse, apex acute, chartaceous, densely pubescent with long hairs on both sides, 3-ribbed; petiole to 6 mm long. Flowers few in terminal cymose clusters, 4-merous, c. 1.5 cm across. Calyx tube 2-4 mm wide, cupular, ribbed, long-simple hairy; lobes 4, 2-4 mm long, triangular, stellately bristly at apex. Petals pink, 4-6 x 3-4 mm, ovate. Stamens 8; anthers 2-4 mm long, ovate-oblong, apex truncate. Ovary 4-locular, apically with many erect bristles. Capsule 4-6 mm long, globose. Seeds many, minute.

(From  India Biodiversity Portal 

Osbeckia muralis:  Osbeckia muralis
Marathi name: Gulbeki
At Sagargad, Alibag
29 Sept, 2011

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131011GK_Osbeckia muralis:

Osbeckia muralis Naudin of Melastomataceae family.
Photographed from Sringeri, Karnataka 3 days back.
Probably the smallest among all Osbeckia spp.
Plant height is hardly 10cm sometimes reaches 15cm. Sometimes branched
Flowers are small.

Wow, …, actually I have seen them growing on ridges along roadsides and forest trek paths where some canopy gap is available.

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at Sagargad, Alibag- 1/10/10;

Sagargad flowers – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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Please identify this species of Melastoma : Attachments (1). 7 posts by 4 authors.
At Shahapur on the banks of my stream. Is this a species of Melastoma?

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This is Osbeckia sp.

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I think this represents Osbeckia cupularis Don

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This is O. muralis.

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… adding coomon names of Osbeckia muralis … the wall osbeckia • Marathi: गुलबेकी gulbeki • Tamil: செந்தும்பை cen-tumpai • Telugu: బురద అల్లి burada alli

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Osbeckia sp.

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Appears close to images at Osbeckia muralis Naud.

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Names of Plants in India :: Osbeckia muralis Naud. : 6 posts by 4 authors. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎O‎ > Osbeckia muralis Naud. … family: Melastomataceae a.k.a. Melastomaceae

   
os-BEK-ee-uh — named for Swedish explorer and naturalist Pehr Osbeck … Dave’s Botanary
mur-AH-liss — found growing on walls … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: wall osbeckia • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ ಜೋಗಿ ಗಿಡ akka jogi gida, ಗಿಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ gidda nekkare, ಗಿಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರಿಕ gidda nekkarika • Malayalam: ചെന്തുമ്പ centumpa, ചെറുകുളത്തി cherukulathi, കുഞ്ഞതിരാണി kunjathirani • Marathi: गुलबेकी gulbeki • Sanskrit: तिनीशः tinisah • Tamil: செந்தும்பை cen-tumpai • Telugu: బురద అల్లి burada alli • Tulu: ದೈ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dai nekkare
botanical names: Osbeckia muralis Naud. … synonyms: Osbeckia muralis var. kurzii (C.B.Clarke) K.K.Khanna • Osbeckia truncata var. kurzii C.B.Clarke • Osbeckia zeylanica Steud. ex Naud. … Catalogue of Life
September 25, 2010 … Sarasgad, near Pali

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You are great. Today I learnt the meaning of MURALIS :).

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Requesting a herb id- 121021SB1: 2 high res. images.

Osbeckia muralis Naudin

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References:

Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal

JSTOR | Global Plants: Isotype of Osbeckia muralis Naudin [family …  

Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India  ENVIS – FRLHT  DDSA 

India Biodiversity Portal (Osbeckia muralis Naud. syn. Osbeckia truncata var. kurzii, Osbeckia zeylanica) 

The Plant List (Unresolved)