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Tibouchina melastomoides is a Brazilian member of the Melastomataceae family, a shrub or small plant grown mainly as a warm-climate garden or conservatory plant. It needs bright light and warmth to flower well.
Tibouchina melastomoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Brazil. It was first described in 1850, as Lasiandra melastomoides, by Charles Victor Naudin. The type specimen is kept in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien in Austria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tibouchina melastomoides 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.
