Osbeckia aspera (Meerb. ex Walp.) Blume
Family: Melastomataceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyte > Eudicots > Rosids > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Osbeckia > O. aspera
Common name [English]: Rough osbeckia, rough small-leaved spider flower
Vernacular name [Malayalam]: കാട്ടുകദളി
Nativity: South India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Habitat: Evergreen forests and grasslands, also in the plains.
Description: Erect shrubs; branchlets more or less pubescent with appressed to spreading hairs. Leaves: elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, basally 5-ribbed, more or less pubescent with appressed short hairs on both sides, drying yellowish-green; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers c. 2 cm across, in terminal cymes, sometimes elongated clusters, pentamerous. Calyx tube 6-8 mm long, c. 5 mm wide, cupular, with dense short bristle-like hairs; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Petals: 5, pink, ovate, apex rounded. Stamens 10; anthers 5-6 mm long. Ovary hairy at apex; style exserted, stigma curved, papillate. Capsules: ovoid, ribbed. Seeds many.
Flowering and fruiting: August-April
Uses: Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
Cultivation: Wild , Cultivated
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org