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Melastoma malabathricum
Melastoma is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has about 50 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, and Australia. It is undergoing taxonomic revision. Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers. Several have the capacity to become weedy, and have become noxious weeds in Hawaii and other areas. Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melastoma_m...
Spotted on Jul 25, 2012
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012
![[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
It does look like the princess flower..its of the same family but different genus.
it reminds me of the princess flower. not sure if its the same species but the princess flower is tibouchina urvilleana