at 3 m; pedicel green with grey lenticels, calyx yellow-green, style magenta, filaments dark pink at base - white towards the apex, anthers rich yellowProject web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
The leaves of this genus don't look much like a melastome, but they are. This species is confined to the mountains of northern Colombia, photo from Mt. Kennedy of the Santa Marta Range. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/melastomes/index.html
Miconia burchellii TrianaMELASTOMATACEAELocal: Jardim Botnico, Braslia, Brasil. Fonte: a) Faria, C.A. Melastomataceae Juss. no Parque Nacional de Braslia, Distrito Federal, Brasil. UnB, 2008; b) Joo de Deus Medeiros; c) Silva Jr., M.C. 100 rvores do Cerrado. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2005.
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Oxyspora bullata (Griff.) J.F.Maxwell. Melastomaceae. [Malay - Senduduk gajah]. Inflorescence terminal and unopened. The number of species in Allomorphiais unclear because most species have also been treated in Oxyspora, including the type species, A. exigua (Jack ) Blume, and the circumscription of these two genera is currently unresolved. Roots and leaves decoction given after childbirth by natives in folk medicines.Synonym(s):Sonerila bullata Griff.Allomorphia bullata (Griff.) Cogn.Sonerila magnifica Miq.Cassebeeria magnifica (Miq.) KuntzeAllomorphia magnifica (Miq.) GuillauminAllomorphia malaccensis Ridl.,Ref and suggested reading:www.melastomataceae.net/MELnames/MELnames_Details.jsp?Nam...psasir.upm.edu.my/3802/1/The_Use_of_Medicinal_Plant_Speci...
Tibouchina urvilleanaPrincess Flower. Native of Brazil. A common garden plant in Florida and California. It is a noxious weed in Hawaii and several other Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. The photo shows the black stamens that are an identifying feature of the species. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
Lavoisiera imbricata (Thunb.) DC.(Lavoisiera bergii Cogn.)MELASTOMATACEAELocal: Park Way, APA Gama Cabea de Veado, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Munhoz, C. et. al. Vereda: Guia de Campo. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2011.Agradecimento: Prof. ngela Martins, pela informao de que Lavoisiera bergii foi sinonimizada a L. imbricata.
Known as the Pink Princess in garden circles, this species is native to northeastern Colombia and adjacent Venezuela. Photo from El Dorado Reserve in the former. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/melastomes/index.html