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Bush strawberry

Melastoma cyanoides

About

Melastoma cyanoides, commonly known as bush strawberry, is a species of plants in the family Melastomataceae native to parts of Indo-China, Malesia, New Guinea and the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub to about 2 m tall with white flowers and red, spiky-looking fruit. It grows in and on the margins of rainforest; in Australia is occurs from sea level up to about 700 m (2,300 ft). The species was first described by botanist James Edward Smith in 1819, based on a collection from Ambon in Indonesia.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Melastoma cyanoides
Slug
melastoma-cyanoides
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Melastoma
Species
cyanoides
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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