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Created 2/21/2023

Family Melastomataceae

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Melastoma sanguineum



Panaewa Zoo, Hawaii

FOX-TONGUED MELASTOMA

Invasive shrub of wet slopes of the Hilo and Puna district.  Hairy with six-petaled flowers.  Fruit are edible.  Native to SE Asia.