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Melastomataceae

Granadillo bobo

Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC.

Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Miconia

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Granadillo bobo: Camasey ( Miconia prasina ) en el Bosque Pluvial del Yunque, Puerto Rico.
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.