Family Name | Melastomataceae |
Scientific name | Tibouchina semidecandra |
Common name | Glory flower |
Growth habit | Tibouchina semidecandrais a perennial evergreen shrub |
Leaf | Leaves opposite, oblong to lanceolate, leaf has fine hairs, entire, three pulse. |
Flower | Corolla concentrated purple, 5 petals, the center stamens are white and it crooked up. Long flowering blossom all year round, except for winter outside, but mostly concentrated in the summer. |
Fruit | The altar-like spherical fruit is a capsule with persistent calyx adnate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, diameter 8 ~ 12 mm, densely scaly strigose. |
More to learn | Tibouchina semidecandra and Tibouchina urvilleana quite similar. So, they are often confused by their stem, leaf and flower morphology. |
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Reference | Information on Tibouchina semidecandra Common name Tibouchina semidecandra |