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Astronidium floribundum

Astronidium floribundum is a small tree from the Melastomataceae family, endemic to Fiji where it grows only on the southeastern slope of Mt. Korobaba on Viti Levu. It is a wild forest species with little or no horticultural history, so there is no established cultivation guidance.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Grows as
Tree
Temperature
Wet tropical climate; likely frost-intolerant
Native range
Fiji (Viti Levu: SE. Mt. Korombamba)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Astronidium floribundum is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is a small tree endemic to Fiji, where it known only from the southeastern slope of Mt. Korumbamba (Korobaba) on Viti Levu.

The species was first described as Astronia floribunda by John Wynn Gillespie in 1931. In 1942 Albert Charles Smith placed the species in genus Astronidium as A. floribundum.

Other Astronidium plants

Astronidium degeneri · Astronidium fraternum · Astronidium glabrum · Astronidium inflatum · Astronidium kasiense · Astronidium lepidotum · Astronidium ligulatum · Astronidium macranthum · Astronidium ovalifolium · Astronidium pallidiflorum · Astronidium robustum · Astronidium saccatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astronidium floribundum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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