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Tibouchina aspera
About
Tibouchina aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Central America and tropical South America. It was first described by Jean Fusée Aublet in 1775. In the original description of the species, it was suggested that the plant was inhaled to treat chest pain and dry coughs.
- Family
- Melastomataceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tibouchina aspera
- Slug
- tibouchina-aspera
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Tibouchina
- Species
- aspera
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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