{"id":1320276,"date":"2014-03-06T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:05:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:06:36","slug":"osbeckia-virgata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/osbeckia-virgata\/","title":{"rendered":"Osbeckia virgata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Osbeckia<\/i> virgata<\/i> D. Don ex Wight & Arn.;
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Much-branched subshrubs, up to 1 m tall; young stem bluish, stiff appressed hairy. Leaves 1.5-3.3 x 0.5 – 1.8 cm, elliptic to linear-lanceolate,base attenuate, apex acute, hairy below on nerves, prominently 3-ribbed; petiole up to 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal few-flowered clusters, pentamerous, c. 2 cm across. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, subglobose with stalked stellate and simple bristles; lobes 5, lanceolate, acute. Petals pink, 6-7 x 3-4 mm, obovate. Stamens 10; anthers 4-5 mm long. Ovary 5-locular, with tufted stiff hairs. Capsules 6-7 x 4-5 mm, subglobose. Seeds minute, curved and minutely tubercled.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: August-March<\/span><\/div>\n
Grassy areas in evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains<\/span><\/div>\n
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka<\/span><\/div>\n
(From\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/span><\/a>)
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ANSEPT23 Please confirm if Osbeckia parviflora<\/span><\/a> : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thadiyandamol
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Identified as <\/span>Osbeckia octandra<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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O.virgata<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ANJAN12\/12 Osbeckia octandra (Please validate)<\/span><\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors.\u00a0Attachments (8)- 3 attachments showing keys<\/b>.<\/div>\n
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Family: Melastomataceae<\/i>
\nDate: 26th December 2014
\nPlace: Agumbe, Karnataka<\/span>
\nHabit: Small shrub
\n<\/span>Flowers: Around 2-3 cm across.
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\n<\/span>Reference: 1) Attached along with photos and 2) http:\/\/www.kew.org\/herbcatimg\/448072.jpg<\/span><\/a>
\nThe combination of 3-ribbed leaves and tuft of bristles on an elongate stalk on the calyx cup led me to O. octandra<\/i> <\/span>(Image title ‘3’). Please validate. And in case it is any other species of Osbeckia<\/i>, I have attached the remaining key to 5 petal Osbeckia<\/i> sp (‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’).<\/p>\n

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O.virgata
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Agumbe :: Osbeckia octandra FOR VALIDATION :: DVJAN53<\/span><\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
\nAgumbe<\/span><\/span> … Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Date<\/span>: 26 DEC 2014<\/span><\/span> … <\/span>Altitude<\/span>: about 700 m asl<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Osbeckia<\/i> \u00bf octandra<\/i> ?<\/span> <\/span>… (family: Melastomataceae<\/i>)
\n<\/span><\/span>…\u00a0post<\/span> <\/span>ANJAN12\/12<\/u><\/span><\/a> shows better aspects of this plant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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O.virgata<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many thanks… for resurfacing the post and helping to get the ID. I have labelled the posted photos from flickr as Osbeckia virgata<\/i> D. Don ex Wight & Arn.
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Images by Shobha Halwe-Chavda<\/span>\u00a0Identified by E.S. Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg)<\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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Is this Osbeckia stellata<\/a> : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Flower for Id pl. Is this Osbeckia stellata<\/i> ?
\nLocation -Coorg (Madikeri), Karnataka
\nDate- 12.2.2014<\/span>
\nHabitat –Wild<\/span><\/p>\n

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Osbeckia virgata<\/i> I suppose<\/p>\n

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O. virgata<\/i><\/div>\n
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Image of Osbeckia virgata in FOI<\/a> : 3 posts by 1 author.<\/div>\n
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Single image of Osbeckia virgata in FOI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can not be judged\u00a0as this species due to lack of details.<\/div>\n
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Pl. see this species at Osbeckia virgata<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Image of Osbeckia octandra in FOI<\/a> : 8 posts by 2 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Single image of Osbeckia octandra in FOI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can not be judged\u00a0as this species due to lack of details.<\/div>\n
Pl. see this species at Osbeckia octandra<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Based on this single images, it appears to be incorrect.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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May I request you to give your views in this matter pl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nOsbeckia octandra<\/i> sensu Clarke, is distributed only in Sri lanka,\u00a0Ceylon. In FOI all images shown under Osbeckia octandra<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0Osbeckia virgata<\/i> D. Don ex Wight & Arn.
\nOsbeckia virgata<\/i> and <\/span>O. octandra<\/i> are closely related. They are easily recognized from other species in their area by their general appearance. But they may be confused with <\/span>O. brachystemon, O. parvifolia<\/i> and <\/span>O. moonii<\/i> when one has to decide their identity by means of differential characters. <\/span>O. virgata<\/i> and <\/span>O. octandra<\/i> differ from these by the usually much sparser vestiture of the hypanthium; by the almost thread-like intersepalar emergenoes with 1 to few bristles, or by the much reduced intersepalar emergences; and by the deciduous sepals.
\n<\/span>I am<\/span>\u00a0attaching few images<\/span><\/span> \u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That’s right. Osbeckia octandra<\/i> is found only in Sri Lanka. So, the FOI specimen must be Osbeckia virgata<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Attachments (1)<\/span> – 5 MB.<\/p>\n

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\nRequesting a herb ID_110422-4<\/a>:\u00a0 2 high res. images.<\/p>\n
A handsome herb with pink flowers, leaves alternate with characteristic three venations.
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Osbeckia octandra\u00a0<\/i>L. ??<\/p>\n

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Looks different from images at\u00a0<\/em>Osbeckia octandra<\/em>\u00a0DC.<\/a>
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O. virgata<\/em><\/p>\n

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Could you please tell me the key characters to differential O. octandra<\/em> and O. virgata<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you check both species in efi, you can notice the clear difference, in particular w.r.t. the hairs on the calyx, habit of the plant and shape of the leaves.<\/p>\n

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ID KZD 05\/04\/11\/22<\/a>: 1 image.
\nPlease identify this Shrub from a hillock<\/span> at Kozhikode district of Kerala. 4\/11\/22<\/span><\/p>\n

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Melastoma malabathricum<\/p>\n

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Since stamens are of isomorphous type it may not be Melastoma<\/p>\n

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To me appears close to images at
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Osbeckia virgata D. Don ex Wight & Arn.<\/p>\n

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\nMelastomataceae sp for ID-Kudremukh- PKA5<\/a>: 5 high res. images.
\nMelastomataceae<\/em> sp\u00a0 from Kudremukh, Karnataka.<\/span>
\nCould this be some Osbeckia<\/em> sp..<\/p>\n

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Please check\u00a0Osbeckia virgata<\/i>\u00a0D. Don ex Wight & Arn. .<\/p>\n

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Yes, appears close to images at
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Osbeckia virgata<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved)\u00a0\u00a0Tropicos<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Plant illustrations<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

JSTOR | Global Plants: Type of Osbeckia virgata D.Don ex …<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India<\/a> By K. M. Matthew (1995)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Osbeckia virgata D. Don ex Wight & Arn.; . Much-branched subshrubs, up to 1 m tall; young stem bluish, stiff appressed hairy. Leaves 1.5-3.3 x 0.5 – 1.8 cm, elliptic to linear-lanceolate,base attenuate, apex acute, hairy below on nerves, prominently 3-ribbed; petiole up to 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7155],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1320276","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-osbeckia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525380,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320276\/revisions\/1525380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1320276"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1320276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}