Melastoma corymbosum
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Read about Melastoma corymbosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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