Dissochaeta acmura
Dissochaeta fallax
(Jack) Blume Species
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- Botanical name
- Dissochaeta fallax
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Dissochaeta
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Dissochaeta fallax
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Dissochaeta fallax but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anplectrum ligulatum
Diplectria ligulata
Dissochaeta diepenhorstii
Dissochaeta ligulata
Dissochaeta reinwardtiana
Dissochaeta reticulata
Dissochaeta velutina var. reticulata
Melastoma fallax
Melastoma reinwardtianum
Neodissochaeta reticulata
Omphalopus fallax
Omphalopus fallax var. novoguineensis
Omphalopus reticulatus
Others in Dissochaeta
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