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Family Melastomataceae

Melastome Family

Members of this ornamental but highly invasive family have escaped cultivation becoming serious pests in Hawaii.

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Clidemia hirta  

KOSTER'S CURSE or CLIDEMIA

 

 Pterolepis glomerata  

PTEROLEPIS

 
Arthrostemma ciliatum  

ARTHROSTEMA