Melastomataceae: flowers of the family
4 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Melastomataceae.
Osbeckia octandraහීන් බෝවිටියා
A pinkish-purple wildflower native to Sri Lanka, used in traditional medicine
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 more · Wildflower
Showy medinillaMedinilla magnifica
A tropical epiphyte with large pink flower clusters from the Philippines
🇵🇭 Philippines · Wildflower
Pleroma urvilleanum
A Brazilian shrub with large purple flowers and black stamens
🇧🇷 Brazil · Flowering shrub
Purple glory treePleroma granulosum
A tropical tree with purple flowers from Brazil and Bolivia
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Osbeckia octandra: Anuragl19, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Showy medinilla: No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed (based o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pleroma urvilleanum: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple glory tree: Mauroguanandi, Public domain, source