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Melastomataceae

Pondo rose-apple

Memecylon bachmannii Engl.

Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Memecylon

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Pondo rose-apple: Memecylon bachmannii . aborted flower bud (turns purplish); forest near Nicholson's Kloof, Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Pondoroosappel
English
Pondo rose-apple

Synonyms

  • Memecylon grandiflorum A.Fern. & R.Fern.

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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.