Melastoma sanguineum

Common names: Cinnamon-leaved Melastoma, Black Strawberry-tree

Genus: Melastoma

Species: Melastoma malabathrica

Class: Decandria

Order: Monogynia

Authority: Willdenow

Modern Genus: Melastoma

Modern Species: Melastoma sanguineum

Modern Family: Melastomataceae

Plant Type: shrub

Season: Must be "kept in a stove" a greenhouse plant

Native Region: A native of "Ceylon and other poarts of the East-Indies"

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum