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Melastoma malabathricum // Tibouchina urvilleana
a climbing shrub, with big (4cm diameter) violet flowers, soft elliptic leaves
tropical garden, Monte, Funchal
@ monkey & nana
Spotted on Sep 28, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011
![[G] Melastoma](https://lh5.ggpht.com/x_XIjFIPtFgA5iBfg81yeTO7wff9R1dvoHpUG1ZK0AdSz5D9av91jCkOoGhdnczXXO-NOheJ4T2T8FblQi14=s62-c)
![[G] Senduduk, Melastoma](https://lh3.ggpht.com/RISyCfrK5EXyaPtX2d0x4DmmHZNcl6cNMrvv-6TLVTGayyn-77bO_366yE6zcLr6bTTSFFzAnic7n3A20to7=s62-c)
2 Comments
I'm prefer this one is not M. malabatrichum, they have different flowering structure. But, this one must me Melastoma genus, although I don't know the exact species.
thanks JulioHarahap! you nailed it