Dissotis Trailing Melastoma
Heterotis rotundifolia
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Dissotis Trailing Melastoma
Identify Dissotis Trailing Melastoma by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Trailing groundcover with large pink flowers.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dissotis Trailing Melastoma.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heterotis rotundifolia
- Genus
- Heterotis
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The stalks of the leaves are as long as 1.5 cm (0.59 in), pilose, and pink.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dissotis Trailing Melastoma itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dissotis Trailing Melastoma itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വള്ളി അതിരാണി
About Dissotis Trailing Melastoma
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Dissotis Trailing Melastoma (Heterotis rotundifolia) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It grows in garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Dissotis Trailing Melastoma belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
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