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Dissochaeta fallax

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

(Jack) Blume

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Negeri Sembilan
• Selangor - Malaysia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodland
• shrubland
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jan

Fruiting Times

Woody liana to 25m or scrambling pubescent shrub, terminal or axillary paniculate cymes to 300mm long, white flowers with reddish venation, petals to 15mm long, hairy berry to 8mm diameter, leaves with rusty scurfy tomentum beneath

Further References

• NYBG
• FOTh
• Botanicus
• GBS
• PhytoKeys