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   Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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   can you help me with identification of this flowering tree?

    

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   Pitter, May 7, 2009

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   Dave-Florida Active Member

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   It's a member of the family Melastomataceae. The family has about 100 genera and 3,000 species in tropical America, according to "Flowering Plants of the Neotropics".

    

   Dave-Florida, May 7, 2009

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   Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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   Ok thank you, that gets me in the ballpark.

    

   Pitter, May 7, 2009

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   L.plant Active Member

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   Try this website if you haven't already: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/melastomes/melastome_images_table.htm

    

   L.plant, May 7, 2009

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