ON THIS PLANT
Melastoma sanguineum is called red melastome or fox-tongued melastoma in English. They are erect shrubs or small slender trees with medium-sized violet-pink colored flowers with 6 petals that have made them attractive for cultivation. The leaves have the 5 distinctive longitudinal veins (nerves) typical of plants in the family Melastomataceae.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Melastoma
- Family
- Melastomataceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en red melastome en Blood-red Melastoma
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