Melastomataceae
Granadillo bobo
Miconia prasina
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Miconia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Granadillo bobo
Synonyms
- Acinodendron prasinum (Sw.) Kuntze
- Acinodendron pteropodum (Benth.) Kuntze
- Conostegia parviflora DC.
- Melastoma acuminatum Sessé & Moc.
- Melastoma glabrum Sessé & Moc.
- Melastoma laevigatum Aubl.
- Melastoma leucanthum Sessé & Moc.
- Melastoma montanum Spreng.
- Melastoma parviflorum Aubl.
- Melastoma pendulifolia Rich.
- Melastoma pendulifolium Rich.
- Melastoma prasinum Sw.
- Melastoma pulchrum Vell.
- Melastoma quinquenervium Salzm. ex Griseb.
- Melastoma sepiarium Mart. ex DC.
- Melastoma trinervium Salzm. ex Griseb.
- Miconia attenuata DC.
- Miconia attenuata var. subquintuplinervia DC.
- Miconia aubletiana Steud.
- Miconia collina DC.
- Miconia crispula Spruce ex Naudin
- Miconia cristulata Naudin
- Miconia fleischeriana Steud.
- Miconia macrophylla Steud.
- Miconia mucronulata Ule
- Miconia nemoralis Naudin
- Miconia palustris Macfad.
- Miconia prasina var. angustifolia Cogn.
- Miconia prasina var. attenuata Cogn.
- Miconia prasina var. crispula Cogn.
- Miconia prasina var. prasina
- Miconia pteropoda Benth.
- Miconia repando-crenata Steud.
- Miconia revoluta Benth.
- Miconia sepiaria DC.
- Miconia trichotoma Bello
- Tamonea prasina (Sw.) Krasser
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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.