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Blakea trinervia

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Cup and Saucer (Jamaica)
• Jamaican Rose (Jamaica)

Geographical Habitats

• Jamaica

Natural Habitats

• Montane forests
• woodland

Flowering Times

• All year (Jamaica)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Jamaica)

Scrambling or climbing hemi-epiphytic, stem-rooting shrub . Glabrous leaves, serrulated when young to 140mm long, petioles & branchlets with rusty tomentum. 70mm pink flowers, 6 petals

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• BMJ