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Melastoma malabathricum L.

Melastoma malabathricum L. subsp. malabathricum
Native Lasiandra
A small plant from the Northern Australia. It often grows in disturbed areas on roadsides. The Mt Lewis plant was host to the mistletoe, Amyema whitei.

	Melastoma malabathricum susbp. malabathricum	Melastoma malabathricum susbp. malabathricum

	Description:Flowers and leaves	Description:Flower and leaves
	Location: Herberton Range, North Queensland	Location:Mt Lewis (end of road), North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:17°20.473S, 142°25.220E	GPS coordinates:16˚30.639S, 145˚16.166E
	Date:19 October 2008	Date:21 November 2009
	Field No.:U757	Field No.:U756
		Host plant for Amyema whitei

	Melastoma malabathricum susbp. malabathricum	Melastoma malabathricum susbp. malabathricum

	Description:Plant	Description:Fruit
	Location: Stony Creek, Cairns, North Queensland	Location: Lacey Creek, Innisfail, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16°52.8724S, 145°39.1641E	GPS coordinates:N/A
	Date:20 September 2006	Date:11 April 2009
	Field No.:U1255	Field No.:U1256

	Melastoma malabathricum susbp. malabathricum

	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location: Herberton Range, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:17°20.473S, 142°25.220E
	Date:19 October 2008
	Field No.:U757

References (accessed 11 September 2017):

Whiffin, T. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18:247

http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Melastoma_malabathricum_subsp._malabathricum.htm

Meyer, K. (2001), Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46(2):364

Beasley J (2006), Plants of Tropical North Queensland, Footloose Publications

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