Melastomataceae
Heterocentron elegans
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Heterocentron
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 蔓茎四瓣果
Synonyms
- Heeria elegans Schltdl.
- Heeria procumbens Naudin
- Heterocentron sessile Gleason
- Heterocentron sessilis Gleason
- Hypostate elegans (Schltdl.) Hoffmanns.
- Monochaetum guatemalense Standl. & Steyerm.
- Rhexia elegans Schltdl.
- Schizocentron elegans (Schltdl.) Meisn.
Photos

Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Berton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Heterocentron elegans: 蔓莖四瓣果 Heterocentron elegans [奧克蘭 Eden Garden, Auckland]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E8%94%93%E8%8E%96%E5%9B%9B%E7%93%A3%E6%9E%9C_Heterocentron_elegans_-%E5%A5%A7%E5%85%8B%E8%98%AD_Eden_Garden%2C_Auckland-_%2839677262223%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%94%93%E8%8E%96%E5%9B%9B%E7%93%A3%E6%9E%9C_Heterocentron_elegans_-%E5%A5%A7%E5%85%8B%E8%98%AD_Eden_Garden%2C_Auckland-_%2839677262223%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Heterocentron elegans: Schizocentron elegans [香港禮賓府 Hong Kong Government House]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Schizocentron_elegans_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%A6%AE%E8%B3%93%E5%BA%9C_Hong_Kong_Government_House-_%289190627973%29.jpg/1280px-Schizocentron_elegans_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%A6%AE%E8%B3%93%E5%BA%9C_Hong_Kong_Government_House-_%289190627973%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.