Melastoma × intermedium
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum
Subspecies
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- Botanical name
- Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Melastoma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum
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 malabathricum subsp. malabathricum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Melastoma adpressum
Melastoma affine
Melastoma anoplanthum
Melastoma articulatum
Melastoma banksii
Melastoma baumeanum
Melastoma brachyodon
Melastoma caesium
Melastoma calycinum
Melastoma candidum
Melastoma candidum f. albiflorum
Melastoma candidum var. alessandrense
Melastoma candidum var. nobotan
Melastoma decemdentatum
Melastoma ellipticum
Melastoma heterostegium
Melastoma holmanii
Melastoma hombronianum
Melastoma homostegium
Melastoma imbricatum var. longipes
Melastoma jackianum
Melastoma lanaense
Melastoma macrocarpum
Melastoma macrocarpum
Melastoma malabathricum var. adpressum
Melastoma malabathricum var. grandiflorum
Melastoma malabathricum var. nanum
Melastoma malabathricum var. perakense
Melastoma membranaceum
Melastoma nabotan
Melastoma nobotan
Melastoma novae-hollandiae
Melastoma obvolutum
Melastoma oliganthum
Melastoma parvifolium
Melastoma pinatubense
Melastoma pusillum
Melastoma royenii
Melastoma scabrum
Melastoma sechellarum
Melastoma septemnervium
Melastoma setigerum
Melastoma stenophyllum
Melastoma suave
Melastoma tidorense
Melastoma tondanense
Melastoma warrineri
Osbeckia royenii
Trembleya rhynanthera
Others in Melastoma
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