MELASTOMATACEAE

These are all plants from the Melastomataceae Family - Clidemia hirta, Dissotis rotundifolia, Medinilla and Memecylon caeruleum.

Some of the characteristics of plants from this Family are as follows although there will always be exceptions:

• opposite or decussate leaves
• 3-5 veined leaves
• actinomorphic (radial symmetry) 5 petaled flowers
• stamens double the number of petals
• stamens with horns, knobs
• fruit is a berry
• estipulate

HOUSE PLANTS

Enough information was posted on these plants along my corridor, so I shan't write anything more on it other than just listing the names of the plants here:

• Antigonon leptopus
• Aptenia cordifolia
• Dissotis rotundifolia
• Hamelia patens
• Lantana camara
• Lantana montevidensis
• Mirabilis jalapa (the monster)
• Plumbago zeylanica
• Vinca rosea