Glory bush
Pleroma semidecandrum (Schrank & Mart. ex DC.) Triana
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.8 m
- wide
- —
Melastomataceae
Also called Lasiandra, Princess flower
Formerly Lasiandra macrocarpa, Lasiandra semidecandra, Pleroma macranthum, Tibouchina semidecandra
When it flowers
Flowers October to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 4.6 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: grows as, light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Australian Umbrella TreeFlowers March to September, when this does not
Banana passionfruitFlowers March to September, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers March to September, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers March to September, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers March to September, when this does not
BougainvilleaFlowers March to September, when this does not
In other languages (5)
- Spanish
- Lengua de vaca
- Chinese (China)
- 巴西野牡丹, 五蕊光荣树
- Japanese
- コバノシコンノボタン
- Chinese
- 巴西野牡丹, 巴西蒂牡花
- Slovak
- pleroma päťtyčinková
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Pleroma semidecandrum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.