Osbeckia reticulata
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Osbeckia reticulata Bedd.;
Giant Osbeckia, Beddome’s Osbeckia;
Shrub; branchlets rusty. Leaves 5-8 x 2.5-4.5 cm, coriaceous, strigose, dark green above, paler below, 5-7-nerved, base obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acute; petiole 1 cm. Cymes terminal, to 6(8) cm, 4-6-flowered; peduncle 0. Flowers 5-merous, 6 cm wide. Hypanthium urceolate, 1.5 x 1.4 cm; intersepalar emergences stalked, cupular, 7 x 3 mm; lobes 5, oblong, 9 x 4 mm; bristle hairs both simple and stellate. Petals 5, purple-rose, orbicular, 4 x 3 cm. Stamens 10, to 2 cm; filaments 1 cm; anthers equal to, or slightly longer than, filaments, oblong, slightly beaked. Ovary 5-celled, 10-lobed; style 2.5 cm. Capsule urceolate, 1.8 x 1.8 cm; seeds numerous.
Flowering and fruiting: December-August
High altitude grasslands
Southern Western Ghats
Osbeckia from Munnar – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Came across this Osbeckia Sp. at Munnar.
Could this be Osbeckia aspera?? This is Beddome’s Osbeckia, Osbeckia reticulata Bedd.
see for more details: http://www.biotik.org/india/species/o/osbereti/osbereti_en.html
Thanks for providing the ID.
The link provided by you is a good example of how to go about photographing the flower. O. reticulata
Osbeckia…. Pl help ID the Species – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) This seems to be an Osbeckia, photgraphed in Eravikulam National Park in Kerala.
Pls help ID the species It is Osbeckia reticulata Bedd. of MELASTOMATACEAE
refer the link http://www.biotik.org/india/species/o/osbereti/osbereti_en.html It can be Osbeckia stellata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Osbeckia stellata has only 4 petals. So I believe this one with 5 petals should not be Osbeckia stellata. I have no experience with Osbeckia reticulata, but seems to agree with the given link well. Osbeckia reticulata for sure!! In Shikkim himalaya both O stellata and O reticulata grows together often people enthusiastically identify O reticulata as O stellata, O. reticulata
Flower for id ID30062013SH2 : Attachments (2). 10 posts by 10 authors.
Flower for Id pl.
Location –Eraviculum National Park, Munnar Date- 31.1.2011 Habitat –Wild From Melastome family
Schizocentron elegans (Schltdl.)
… you are right. To me it is Osbeckia stellata from Melastome. Can not be Osbeckia stellata as this species is wild in the Himalayas only. Is not Melastoma sp.? this looks like melastoma malabathricum to me Osbeckia octandra, Melastomataceae Osbeckia reticulata image 112 is O.reticulata
image 140 some character is missing
Request for ID – 220211SC1: Can anyone help me in identifying these flowers? Date / Time – 31st Jan. 2011 / 11.30 am.
Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Munnar Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – Shrub Height /Length – 4-5ft Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx –Dark Pink Melastoma malabathricum.
Since the picture named Thattekkad, it is from my native. My house very much at Thattekkad. I think it is Melastoma candidum To me it looks like Osbeckia sp.?
This would most probably be an Osbeckia sp. For sure, it is not Melastoma malabathricum.
This is Osbeckia reticulata Bedd., a rare Melastomataceae described by Col. R.H. Beddome.
I agree with … that this as Osbeckia. I am not known to the species hence this is a new species to me.
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