Melastoma sanguineum

Short description: Species of tree

Melastoma sanguineum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Myrtales
Family:  | Melastomataceae
Genus:  | Melastoma
Species:  |

M. sanguineum

Binomial name
Melastoma sanguineum

Sims[1]

Melastoma sanguineum is called red melastome or fox-tongued melastoma in English. They are erect shrubs or small slender trees with medium-sized violet-pink colored flowers with 6 petals that have made them attractive for cultivation. The leaves have the 5 distinctive longitudinal veins (nerves) typical of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Taxonomy
* 4 References

## Description

Melastoma sanguineum are erect shrubs or small trees up to 2 to 4 m tall.[2] Leaves are ovate-lanceolate 10 to 20 cm long.

Fruit in the form of berries 15 mm long with 6 cells and many small seeds. Chromosome number 2n = 56.[2]

## Distribution

Native to Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Vietnam, and southern China .[2] Occasionally cultivated in Hawaii. Naturalized populations have escaped cultivation and are spreading on Hawaii Island in the Keaukaha area and on the highway from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to Hilo.[2]

## Taxonomy

Melastoma sanguineum was first described by John Sims in 1821 (Botanical Magazine 48: pl. 2241).[3]

## References

1. ↑ ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report Page Melastoma sanguineum Sims
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wagner, Warren L.; Herbst, Derral R.; Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai`i. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-8248-2166-1.
3. ↑ Tropicos - Missouri Botanical Garden. Name Search > Melastoma sanguineum Sims

Wikidata ☰ Q11128255 entry

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