About Dissotis Trailing Melastoma
Heterotis rotundifolia, commonly called pink lady, Spanish shawl, or rockrose, is a shrub in the family Melastomataceae that occurs in tropical Africa.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heterotis rotundifolia
- Genus
- Heterotis
- Family
- MELASTOMATACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Garden plant Key identification features : Decumbent herbs with stems rooting at nodes. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved. Flowers are pretty, petals spreading with yellow anthers projecting from the centre
- Native to
- Tropical Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വള്ളി അതിരാണി
Botanical family
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Dissotis Trailing Melastoma belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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