tree to 6 m, dbh 3 cm, stems tan, young stems dark green; petioles maroon; calyx yellow-green, corolla white, filaments white, anthers yellow, pistil white, stigma yellow. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
taxonomy:binomial :Osbekia zeylanica L.fFamily: MelastomaceaeOrder: Myrtales Series: CalycifloraeSub class: PolypetalaeClas: DicotsDistribution:In moist places near streams, Fond near the coast of Bay of bengal in Andhra pradesh of India. Limited to peninsular India and Sri Lanka.A beautiful herb found near the coast. Leaves, opposite, 3-nerved, Flowers terminal, in capitate heads, Flower tetramerous, perianth 4+4; stamens 8, anthers oblong, beaked, ovry 4 celled.
to 2 m, young stems green flushed brown, peduncle green; calyx green, corolla very pale pink near white; fruit green maturing transluscent pale green-white Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
shrub to 15 m, nodes and young stems maroon; inflorescence pale green, calyx grey-green, margin and lobes maroon, petals pale yellow-green. PhotoProject web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
to 50 cm, stems pale brown flushed deep pink, leaves green flushed pink-purple to varying degrees; inflorescences magenta-pink, flowers in bud deep magenta pink Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/