Pan India Bouquets

Osbeckia stellata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Family : Melastomataceae
(Melastoma Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
Synonym(s) : Ceramicalyx calvus Blume; Ceramicalyx stellatus Blume; Melastoma crinitum Roxb.; Melastoma mairei H.Lév.; Melastoma stellatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Osbeckia cinerea Cogn.; Osbeckia garrettii Craib; Osbeckia hildebrandii Stapf; Osbeckia hispidissima Wight; Osbeckia mairei Craib; Osbeckia pulchra E.T.Geddes; Osbeckia quaterna Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Osbeckia racemosa Craib; Osbeckia recalva Bedd. ex Gamble; Osbeckia rhopalotricha C.Y.Wu; Osbeckia Sepemnervia Buch.-Ham. ex Craib; Osbeckia sikkimensis Craib; Osbeckia speciosa Naudin; Osbeckia stellata var. crinita (Benth. ex Naud.) C.Hansen; Osbeckia stellata var. hispidissima (Wight) C.Hansen; Osbeckia stellata var. marginulata (C.B.Clarke) C.Hansen; Osbeckia wattii Craib
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Osbeckia stellata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Common name : Starry Osbeckia
Vernacular name : Rato chulsi (Nepali); Builukhampa (Mizo)
Habit : Herb or shrublet
Habitat : Grassland on mountain slopes, sparse thickets, dry stony pastures, trailsides, clearings in warm broad-leaved forest,; 200 - 2300 m. altitude
Key identification features : Sterns with appressed hairs, not winged; calyx densely hairy, appendages with stellately-arranged hairs at the apex.
Flower, Fruit : July-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 132; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 294
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Osbeckia stellata. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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