- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Native to GB/Ireland
- No
- Genus
- A genus of evergreen flowering subshrubs, shrubs or trees, native to Puerto Rico and tropical South America, with dark green foliage, often edged with red. Showy, dark purple flowers with long white stamens appear in late spring to early summer
- Name Status
- Correct
- Plant Range
- C. and S. America