Melastomataceae
Velvet tree
Miconia calvescens
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Miconia
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- ميكونيا كالفيسينس
- Chinese
- 米氏野牡丹
- Czech
- Širál olysalý
- English
- Velvet tree, Purple plague, Velvet leaf
- Japanese
- オオバノボタン
Synonyms
- Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze
- Cyanophyllum magnificum T.Moore
- Cyanophyllum magnificum var. triangulare Veitch ex J.Dix
- Cyanophyllum marmoreum Linden ex Ender
- Cyanophyllum speciosum W.Bull ex J.Dix
- Cyanophyllum spectandum Linden
- Melastoma arboreum Vell.
- Melastoma calvescens Schrank & Mart. ex DC.
- Melastoma mandioccana Raddi
- Melastoma mandioccanum Raddi
- Miconia arborea (Vell.) Pav. ex Triana
- Miconia magnifica (K.Koch) Triana
- Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas
- Miconia velutina L.Linden & Rodigas
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: 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
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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.