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Updated 8/12/2023

Family Melastomataceae

Melastome Family

Members of this ornamental but highly invasive family have escaped cultivation becoming serious pests in Hawaii.

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Miconia crenata 

KOSTER'S CURSE or CLIDEMIA

 

 Pterolepis glomerata 

PTEROLEPIS

 
Arthrostemma ciliatum 

ARTHROSTEMMA

 

 Melastoma sanguineum

FOX-TONGUED MELASTOMA

Tetrazygia bicolor

WEST INDIAN LILAC

 

 Tibouchina urvilleana

LASIANDRA