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Catanthera ovata

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

(Nayar) Nayar

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Feb (Papua New GuineA)

Fruiting Times

Small epiphytic root-climber with angular furfuraceous stems. Leaves to 27mm x 22mm, furfuraceous beneath. Dark pink flowers in axillary 3-flowered inflorescence, calyx to 7mm long, petals to 9mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Semantic Scholar
• Kew Bulletin 1966 Vol. 20:2