Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Blakea > Blakea laevigata

Blakea laevigata (smooth johnnyberry)

Synonyms: Blakea trinervia (heterotypic); Blakea trinervis (homotypic); Melastoma laevigatum (heterotypic); Topobea fragrans; Topobea laevigata

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Howardia biclavis (mining scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0