毛菍(原变种) mao nie (yuan bian zhong)

Melastoma decemfidum Roxburgh; ?M. dendrisetosum C. Chen.

Branches patently hirsute. Leaf blade both surfaces strigose. Calyx lobes triangular to triangular-lanceolate, ca. 12 × 4 mm, strigose only on ridges. Fl. all year, fr. Aug-Oct.

Open slopes, thickets, grasslands, woodland margins on low hills, trailsides; below 400 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan [India, Indonesia, Malaysia].