Miconia ceramicarpa
Bush Currrant
Miconia calvescens
DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Miconia calvescens
- Also known as
- Bush Currrant, Miconia, Purple Plague
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Miconia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Bush Currrant
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Miconia calvescens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acinodendron arboreum
Cyanophyllum magnificum
Cyanophyllum magnificum var. triangulare
Cyanophyllum marmoreum
Cyanophyllum speciosum
Cyanophyllum spectandum
Melastoma arboreum
Melastoma calvescens
Melastoma mandioccana
Melastoma mandioccanum
Miconia arborea
Miconia magnifica
Miconia magnifica var. velutina
Miconia velutina
Others in Miconia
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