Rose Myrtle
தவிட்டுக்கொய்யாതവിട്ടുമരം
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Myrtaceae
Also called Downy rose myrtle, Rose myrtle
Formerly Cynomyrtus tomentosa, Myrtus tomentosa
When it flowers
Flowers March to June 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
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Florida Natural Areas Inventory pink; Wikipedia pink, white
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, 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.
Artillery plantFlowers July to February, when this does not
Banana passionfruitFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers July to February, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers July to February, when this does not
In other languages (11)
- Chinese
- 桃金娘, 山稔, 崗稔
- Indonesian
- Kemunting, Keramunting
- Japanese
- テンニンカ, 天人花
- root
- Ten-nin-ka
- Chinese (China)
- 桃金娘
- Russian
- Родомиртус опушенный
- Thai
- โทะ
- Slovak
- rumenavka plstnatá
- Simplified Chinese
- 岗念, 岗棯, 桃金娘
- Tamil
- தவிட்டுக்கொய்யா
- Malayalam
- തവിട്ടുമരം
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Florida Natural Areas Inventory, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (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.