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Melastomataceae

Wild tibouchina

Rosettea princeps (Kunth) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit

Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Rosettea

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Wild tibouchina: White form of the Wild tibouchina at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, in western Roodepoort, South Africa
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Kalwerbos
English
Wild tibouchina

Synonyms

  • Dissotis princeps (Kunth) Triana
  • Osbeckia princeps (Kunth) DC.
  • Rhexia princeps Kunth

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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.