Melastoma × intermedium
Melastoma cyanoides
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- Botanical name
- Melastoma cyanoides
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Melastoma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Melastoma cyanoides
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 Melastoma cyanoides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Lachnopodium bracteatum
Lachnopodium rubro-limbatum
Malabathris cyanoides
Malabathris nigra
Melastoma furcatum
Melastoma moluccanum
Melastoma rubrolimbatum
Osbeckia annamica
Osbeckia manillana
Osbeckia papuana
Otanthera adpressa
Otanthera bracteata
Otanthera celebica
Otanthera crinita
Otanthera cyanoides
Otanthera gracilis
Otanthera lamii
Otanthera macgregorii
Otanthera manillana
Otanthera moluccsma
Otanthera nicobarensis
Otanthera novoguineensis
Otanthera papuana
Otanthera parviflora
Otanthera queenslandica
Otanthera rubro-limbata
Otanthera setulosa
Otanthera strigosa
Otanthera subrostrata
Others in Melastoma
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