Basic Information
Species
:
Osbeckia nepalensis Hooker
Local Name : Chulesi (Nep)
Synonym :
Family : Melastomataceae
Habitat
:
A shurb found
in warm places.
Distribution
:
Distributed to
subtropical region.
Sikkim
:
Kabi, Phodong,
Pangolakha, Subanay Dara, Hee-gyathang, Luwing, Gangtok,Kopchey (Rhenock).
Outside : Khasia hills, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal.
General
:
Himalyas (Nepal- Arunachal Pradesh), Assam,
Myanmar, Thailand, China.
Morphological information
A shrub; branches with appressed hairs. Leaves 7.5-10 cm, elongate oblong-lanceolate 5-nerved. Softly hairy on both surfaces, petiole less than 3 mm. Bracts ovate, glabrous, villous, center of the backs villose. Flowers purple mauve or white, in small rather close corymbs, calyx-tube with large flat scales fringed with bristles of which 5 prominently alternate with the calyx-teeth; calyx teeth large broad lanceolate glabrous ciliate. Fruit 20 by 8 mm, campanulate, truncate, scales permanent.
Flowering
:
July-September
Fruiting
:
November-February.
History
:
Parts : Flower, leaves.
Status : Low risk .
Medicinal
:
Flower, pounded and
applied to sores in the mouth.
Traditional
:
Decoction
of the root is applied on the sore in the mouth. (Lepcha System,
and Nepali System).
Reference
1.
Anonymous (1992). The Useful Plants of India. Publication and
Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 415-416.
2. Bhujel,
R.B. (1996). Studies on the Dicotyledonous Flora of Darjeeling
District.
Unpublished
Ph.D Thesis University of North Bengal. 415.
3. Kirtikar,
K.R. & B.D. Basu. Indian Medicinal Plants with illustrations
(Vol. 5).
Oriental
Enterprises, Rajpur Road, Dehradun. 1489- 1490.
4. Progress
Report of the Project "Studies on Medicinal Plants of Sikkim"
(1998-2001). State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim.