A mix-up of Blood-red Melastoma with Common Melastoma (melastoma candidum) is easy. Flowers of Blood-red Melastoma have 7 petals while flowers of Common Melastoma have 5. This photo was taken in the Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden here in Hong Kong.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Botanical specimen in the Shinjuku Gyo-en Greenhouse - Tokyo, Japan. Date: 1 April 2018, 01:45:17. Source: Own work. Author: Daderot.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Miniature Icicle on a melastoma sanguineum leaf, Shatin, Hong Kong at around 250 meters above sea level on January 24, 2016. Date: 24 January 2016, 14:00:19. Source: Own work. Author: Earth100.