
Common Names | Blue Tongue, Rhododendron, Lassiandra, Starry Osbeckia | |
Name Sinhalese | Mal Bovitiya, Osbeckia | |
Categories | Shrub, Rare, Ornamental | |
Genus
| Species | |
Scientific Name |
Osbeckia
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stellata x Osbeckia scaberrima
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Uses | Osbeckia stellata is grow as a ornamental plant in Sri Lanka | |
Description | The Osbeckia stellata, Melastomataceae of family, Small evergreen shrub about 1 meters tall, has dark green simple leaves. with beautiful flowers bloom in color purple petals white middle about 5-8 cm wide. It is now Naturalize in Sri Lanka and commonly found on home gardens as a ornamental plant. |
Osbeckia scaberrima x Osbeckia stellata flowering plant growth as a ornamental plant

Osbekia stellata blooms in a Pot(6 petals hybrid)

Melastoma polyanthum x stellata