Melastoma intermedium Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Melastoma

Characteristics

Shrublets 20-30 cm tall. Stems terete, appressed strigose. Petiole 2-4 mm; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate-ovate, 2-4 × 1-1.5 cm, stiffly papery, abaxially sparsely strigose but more so on veins, adaxially appressed strigose but veins glabrous, secondary veins 1 or 2 on each side of midvein, tertiary veins inconspicuous, base acute to rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences terminal or nearly terminal, subcapitate cymes; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 × 7.5 mm, strigose, margin ciliate. Flowers ca. 2 cm. Pedicel ca. 5 mm, densely strigose. Petals pink, obovate, 1-1.4 cm, oblique, margin minutely ciliate, apex rounded. Stamens 10 or rarely more; filaments 3.5-4 mm; anthers ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.2 mm; connective decurrent, slightly prolonged, 2-setose at base. Ovary half inferior, globose, 4-5 mm in diam., 5-celled, apically hispidulous. Fruit a berry, subglobose, ca. 6 mm in diam.; hypanthium strigose. Fl. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Melastoma intermedium world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:570913-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083249
COL ID 3ZD2P
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Synonyms

Melastoma suffruticosum Melastoma intermedium Melastoma kudoi Osbeckia scaberrima Otanthera scaberrima Melastoma scaberrimum