Flowers; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Flower, side view; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Flower buds; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Infructescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1480 Date of entry: 15.12.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Starry Osbeckia
Mandarin: 星毛金锦香 (xing mao jin jin xiang)
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Melastomataceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Osbeckia (2)
Epithet: stellata Wall. (2)
stellata => star-like, or radiating like the points of a star
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: pink
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