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July 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
July 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Scientific name | Melastoma tetramerum Hayata |
| Synonyms | none |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) munin-no-botan [ムニンノボタン, 無人野牡丹 (meaning: Ogasawara Islands wild Paeonia)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Islands (Chichijima Island) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants 50-160cm tall. Leaves 3-8cm long, hairy. Flowers white ca. 3cm across, 8 stamens, flowering in June to July. Evergreen. Shrub. |
| Reference | Melastoma tetramerum Hayata |
| Threatened Pollination Systems in Native Flora of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands | |
| Ecology of Genus Melastoma in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands : Present Situation of a M. tetramerum Community Discovered in 1993 (in Japanese) | |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. Rare species. |
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| July 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
