Melastome
Botanical name: Melastomataceae
Melastome
Botanical name: Melastomataceae
Species of Melastome
Tristemma
Meadowbeauty
Argyrella
Brachyotum
Monochaetum
Heterocentron
Heterocentron are flowering shrubs native to Central America and Colombia. They can produce abundant and showy flowers that make them popular ornamentals. Their spreading nature makes them an excellent choice of ground cover and they will happily brighten up shady parts of the garden.
Melastoma
Many members of the melastoma genus are valuable bushtucker food in their native areas. In other areas, they are a popular garden plant. Some species of melastoma were introduced to North America where they are now considered Federal Noxious Weed due to the fact that their berries and seeds are known to contaminate agricultural crops.
Osbeckia
Osbeckia includes 11 species. Osbeckia are native to Asia and Australasia.
Sonerila
The members of the sonerila are generally herbs or under shrubs, including some stemless members. Leaves opposite, leaf margin entire or serrulate. Inflorescence usually scorpioid cymes. Flowers in most species purple, some members with reddish or white flowers. It is a large genus including about 175 species. This is primarily an Asiatic genus of the tropical and subtropical regions distributed from India and Sri Lanka to the Indo-Pacific.
Sarcopyramis
Styrophyton
Barthea
Oxyspora
Plagiopetalum
Conostegia
assam bristletips
Maieta
Bredia
Pleroma
Miconia
Miconia is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are mostly shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 15 m tall. Its leaves are bright green above and bright purple below. As of 2013, genus miconia comprised 1057 species.
Showy Medinilla
Showy Medinilla are attractive flowering evergreen shrubs or lianas native to tropical regions of the Old World. Showy Medinilla are characteristic for their opposite or whorled leaves, and above all, their showy flowers and inflorescences. Due to their attractiveness, some species have been grown as house plants or garden ornamentals for hundreds of years. Their Latin name, Medinilla, honors J. de Medinilla, the governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.
Scientific Classification
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