Melastoma corymbosum

Melastoma corymbosum subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Melastoma corymbosum, Sims (properly Amphiblemma cymosum, Naudin. Melastoma cymosum, Schrad.). Branches terete, glabrous: lvs. large, petioled, the blade 5-6 in. long, cordate-ovate, short-acuminate, glabrous, 5-7-9-nerved, satiny green, sharply serrulate: fls. bright purple, in rather close terminal branching corymbs; petals oval, paler beneath; calyx-lobes ovate- triangular, ciliate; stamens 10. Upper Guinea. B.M. 904; 5473. L.B.C. 10:984.—To the genus Amphiblemma, Cogniaux admits 5 species. They are herbs or shrubs, of the Sonerila group or subfamily, with isomerous fls.: herbs or small shrubs of W. Trop. Afr., with fls. in simple or branched scorpioid cymes: petals 5; stamens 10, very unequal; ovary 5-celled and hollowed at top: caps, turbinate, 5-valved at top, with minute seeds: lvs. membranaceous, long-petioled, ovate-acuminate, 5-or more-nerved, serrulate. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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