| 词条 | Melastoma sanguineum |
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| image = Melastoma sanguineum flower 120716-9972.jpg | genus = Melastoma | species =sanguineum | authority = 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. DescriptionMelastoma 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] DistributionNative 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] TaxonomyMelastoma sanguineum was first described by John Sims in 1821 (Botanical Magazine 48: pl. 2241).[6]References 2 : Melastoma|Trees of Hawaii |
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