Flower and fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Branches with flowers and fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1529 Date of entry: 19.01.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Melastomataceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Sonerila (2)
Epithet: erecta Jack (8)
erecta => upright, perpendicular
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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