Melastoma malabathricum L.

PLANTS OF FIJI
A. C. Smith, no. 8757	Oct. 1-5, 1953
Melastoma malabathricum L.
OH A.C. Smith
"Kaiarasinga,« Shrnb 2 - k m.	in thickets
along stream; pedicels and calyx dull pink;
petals white, sometimes faintly pink-tinged;
filaments and styles greenish white; anthers
greenish yellow, pinkish dorsally.
VITI LEVU: Namosi: Valley of Wainambua Creek, south of Mt.
Naitarandamu; alt. 250-350 m.; jferpranftnw
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the
National Science Foundation
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