Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melastoma candidum in languages:

Chinese

野牡丹

English

Common Melastoma

Japanese

ノボタン

Russian

Меластома малабарская

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Parent Taxon

• Melastoma

Sibling Taxa

• Melastoma affine
• Melastoma apiense
• Melastoma beccarianum
• Melastoma borijanum
• Melastoma candidum
• Melastoma cyanoides
• Melastoma denticulatum
• Melastoma dodecandrum
• Melastoma imbricatum
• Melastoma impressinervium
• Melastoma kuchingense
• Melastoma malabathricum
• Melastoma pentapetalum
• Melastoma sabahense
• Melastoma saigonense
• Melastoma sanguineum
• Melastoma scaberrimum
• Melastoma septemnervium
• Melastoma tetramerum
• Melastoma × intermedium

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