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Monochaetum amabile
Monochaetum
| Family |
| Melastomataceae |
| Genus |
| Monochaetum |
| Species |
| amabile |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9b-11 |
| Height |
| 30-60 cm |
| Spread |
| 45-60 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Cultivation |
| Requires light shade. |
| Shape |
| Erect shrub. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Habitat |
| Open mountains in Costa Rica. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Young stems are red and hairy while older parts are woody with brown flaky bark. |
| Leaf Description |
| The leaves are opposite with a 4 mm long petiole. The leaf blade is 1-3 cm long and 3-9 mm wide, narrowly elliptic and is somewhat hairy on both sides. Leaves are pointed at both ends with 3-5 major veins in a palmate arrangement while secondary veins form a ladder-like arrangement between the primary veins. |
| Flower Description |
| The flowers are dark pink, radially symmetrical and about 4 cm wide. There are 4 petals to each bloom which are widest near the tip with each petal being about 2 cm long and nearly as wide. The stamens are yellow and red with the calyx lobes and floral base red. The bracts are leaf-like while the flowers are solitary or paired and are often abundant frequently covering the shrub. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruits at first red, surrounded by persistent red calyx, 4-parted, becoming dry, often with numerous seeds. |
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