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Catanthera brassii

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

(Nayar) Nayar

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Jun (Papua New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Tall climber to 8m or epiphytic shrub with ferrugineous stems. Stellate furfuraceous leaves 60mm x 35mm, glabrous above. Pink flowers In axillary umbelliform inflorescences, calyx tube to 6mm, petals to 8mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Jstor
• HUH
• Kew Bulletin 1966 Vol 20:2