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Pternandra azurea
As recorded: Pternandra azurea (Blume) Burkill
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Melastomataceae
- Collected by
- Church, A.C.; Mahyar, U.W.; Ruskandi, A.; NurdinA.C. Church →U.Q.W. Mahyar →A. Nurdin →A. Ruskandi →
- Collector number
- 549
- Date
- November 4, 1993
- Locality
- Sintang. Bukit Baka National Park. East of camp along bank of Sungai Ella and environs.
- Island
- Borneo
- Region
- West Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Elevation
- 290 m
- Identified by
- Regalado, J.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 4, 1993, Church, A.C.; Mahyar, U.W.; Ruskandi, A.; Nurdin also collected 9 other specimens.
Pternandra azurea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1993. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-08-10.

2025-08-10
Bukit Sawat, Bandar Belait, BN
(c) Salwana Jaafar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-23
Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia
(c) Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pternandra azurea. BISH 641750. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956150928. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/641750.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956150928 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
