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BISH 506535Botany
Melastoma malabathricum
As recorded: Melastoma septemnervium Lour.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Melastomataceae
- Collected by
- Young, D.A.; Lowry II, P.P.P.P. Lowry II →Darrell Young →
- Collector number
- 1655
- Date
- January 19, 1979
- Locality
- Hwy. H20, 4-5 mi outside of Hilo on Saddle Rd., west of Hilo
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 19, 1979, Young, D.A.; Lowry II, P.P. also collected 4 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Melastoma malabathricum. BISH 506535. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956279319. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/506535.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956279319 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026