Wild Flowering Plants
Melastomataceae
family Tetrazygia discolor (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 173. 1828. Bas.: Melastoma discolor Linaeus (1759). Lesser Antillean endemic. Tree of openings in semi-evergreen seasonal forest and roadsides. Quite common Soufriere, Choiseul, Laborie. Rare/absent elsewhere. Antigua, Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada. |