Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don

  • Collector(s)

    G. P. Cooper 33, 21 Jan 1933

  • Location

    Dominica.

  • Description

    Shrub 6-8 ft. tall; fruit purple-red when mature. Shrub 6-8 ft. tall with dark glabrous leaves and 5 parallel, deeply-sunken veins giving corrugated effect. Flowers on terminal, branching heads; buds tubular, corolla white and calyx green. Fruit a greenish (purple-red when mature) berry, with the remnant of the calyx adhering to ovary. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01116958

    Occurrence ID: f3dcf398-5e6b-44b5-abbe-191d501074a3

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don
    Note: ! W. S. Judd, 2001, "Examined at FLAS for a floristic study of the species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) in Hispaniola."

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