{"id":1320409,"date":"2011-03-17T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:20:27","slug":"osbeckia-reticulata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/osbeckia-reticulata\/","title":{"rendered":"Osbeckia reticulata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Osbeckia<\/i> reticulata<\/i> Bedd.; <\/div>\n
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Giant Osbeckia, Beddome’s Osbeckia;<\/b><\/div>\n
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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. <\/font><\/div>\n
Flowering and fruiting: December-August<\/font><\/div>\n
High altitude grasslands<\/font><\/div>\n
Southern Western Ghats<\/font><\/div>\n
(From\u00a0 <\/font>India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/font><\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Osbeckia from Munnar – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/font><\/a>\u00a0: 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments<\/span> (2<\/font>)<\/font><\/span> <\/div>\n

Came across this Osbeckia<\/i> Sp. at Munnar.<\/font>
Could this be Osbeckia aspera<\/i>??<\/div>\n
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This is Beddome’s Osbeckia<\/b>, Osbeckia reticulata<\/i> Bedd.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
see for more details: http:\/\/www.biotik.org\/india\/<\/font>species\/o\/osbereti\/osbereti_<\/font>en.html<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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Thanks for providing the ID.
The link provided by you is a good example of how to go about photographing the flower. <\/p>\n
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O. reticulata<\/i><\/p>\n
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Osbeckia…. Pl help ID the Species – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/font><\/a>\u00a0: 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments<\/span> (1<\/font>)<\/font><\/span> <\/div>\n

This seems to be an Osbeckia<\/i>, photgraphed in Eravikulam National Park<\/font> in Kerala.<\/font>
Pls help ID\u00a0the species<\/p>\n
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It is Osbeckia reticulata<\/i> Bedd. of \u00a0MELASTOMATACEAE<\/i>
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It can be Osbeckia stellata<\/i> Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don <\/p>\n
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Osbeckia stellata<\/i> has only 4 petals. So I believe this one with 5 petals should not be Osbeckia stellata<\/i>. I have no experience with Osbeckia reticulata<\/i>, but seems to agree with the given link well. <\/p>\n

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Osbeckia reticulata<\/i> for sure!! In Shikkim himalaya both O stellata<\/i> and O reticulata<\/i> grows together often people enthusiastically identify O reticulata <\/i>as O stellata<\/i>, <\/p>\n

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O. reticulata<\/i><\/p>\n

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Flower for id ID30062013SH2<\/a> : Attachments (2). 10 posts by 10 authors.<\/div>\n
Flower for Id pl.
Location –Eraviculum National Park, Munnar
Date- 31.1.2011
<\/font>Habitat –Wild<\/p>\n
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From Melastome<\/i> family<\/p>\n
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Schizocentron elegans (Schltdl.)<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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…\u00a0you are right. To me it is Osbeckia stellata<\/i> from Melastome<\/font>.<\/p>\n

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Can not be Osbeckia stellata<\/i> as this species is wild in the Himalayas only.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Is not Melastoma<\/i> sp.?<\/p>\n

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this looks like melastoma malabathricum<\/i> to me<\/p>\n

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Osbeckia octandra<\/i>, Melastomataceae<\/i><\/p>\n

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image 112 is O.reticulata<\/i><\/p>\n
image 140 some character is missing<\/p>\n
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Request for ID \u2013 220211SC1<\/font><\/a>:\u00a0Can anyone help me in identifying these flowers? <\/p>\n

Date \/ Time \u2013 31st Jan. 2011 \/ 11.30 am.
<\/font>Location \u2013 Place \/Altitude \/ GPS \u2013 Munnar
<\/font>Habitat \u2013 Garden\/ Urban\/ Wild \/ Type \u2013 Wild<\/font>
Plant Habit \u2013 Tree\/Shrub \/ Climber \/Herb \u2013 Shrub<\/font>
Height \/Length \u2013 \u00a04-5ft
<\/font>Flowers Size \/Colour \/Calyx \u2013Dark Pink<\/font> <\/p>\n
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Melastoma malabathricum<\/i>. <\/div>\n
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Since the picture named Thattekkad, it is from my native. My house very much at Thattekkad.
I am doubtful this as<\/font> Melastoma<\/i> because the stamens are not clear and I couldn’t see 5+5 stamens (5 longer, as long as the petals and 5 smaller).<\/font>
Please provide if you have a close up of the flower. <\/p>\n

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I think it is Melastoma candidum<\/i> <\/p>\n

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To me it looks like Osbeckia<\/i> sp.? <\/p>\n
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This would most probably be an Osbeckia<\/i> sp. For sure, it is not Melastoma malabathricum<\/i>. <\/div>\n
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This is Osbeckia reticulata<\/i> Bedd., a rare Melastomataceae<\/i> described by Col. R.H. Beddome. <\/p>\n
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I agree with … that this as Osbeckia<\/i>. I am not known to the species hence this is a new species to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Plant List<\/a>\u00a0 Biotik<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Osbeckia reticulata Bedd.; Giant Osbeckia, Beddome’s Osbeckia; \u00a0 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7155],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1320409","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\/1320409","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1320409"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1320409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}