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Dissochaeta intermedia

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kedah
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• montane woodland
• moist woodland
• forest
• disturbed areas
• forest edges
• hill forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrescent scrambling shrub or woody liana to 20m with brown hairy branchlets often develops adventitious roots, glabrous leaves with rusty tomentum beneath. Terminal & axillary paniculate cymes to 250mm long, white, pink or purple flowers, petals to 12mm x 3.5mm. Glabrous or puberulent deep blue berry 8mm x 6mm, leaves with pale scurfy tomentum beneath

Further References

• FOTh
• JDH
• Botanicus
• GBS
• NYBG
• Elmer
• FS
• PhytoKeys