Clappertonia ficifolia

Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne., in J.P.B.Delessert, Icon. Sel. Pl. 5: 1 (1846) (syn: Honkenya ficifolia Willd. ; Honkenya willdenowii J.F.Gmel.);
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W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and N. Angola: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia ; Introduced into: Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Panamá, Sri Lanka as per POWO;
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Location : Sentosa , Singapore
Date : 18 October 2012
Altitude  131 m.
Habit : Cultivated

Any idea about the family ?


NO idea …!


May be Melastomataceae member


That was in my mind as well but no ID.


Well, here we are again trying to obtain an ID with a single image. Please, is this a tree? Did you take photos of the entire plant? The leaves? Leaf arrangement along branch? Sorry for too many questions.


you know i am going to ask for more information. what you remember and possibly more pictures. this is impossible  to id as is presented


Melastoma sanguineum Sims ??


I think looks different from images at Melastoma sanguineum


Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne. : Malvaceae


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