Melastomataceae
Red melastome
Melastoma sanguineum
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Melastoma
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 毛菍, 枝毛野牡丹, 开口枣, 毛捻, 毛棯, 毛稔, 毛稔根, 红毛菍
- English
- Red melastome
Synonyms
- Melastoma dendrisetosum C.Chen
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Earth100, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest Starr & Kim Starr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LoamwCU WKcuw, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.