Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 250

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-COMMON_NAMES-Woolly-leaved Myrtle
-GENUS-Myrtus
-SPECIES-Myrtus tomentosa
-CLASS-Icosandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Aiton

-MODERN_GENUS-Rhodomyrtys
-MODERN_SPECIES-Rhodomyrtys tomentosa
-MODERN_FAMILY- Myrtaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- shrub
-COLOR- red or pink
-SEASON- spring and early summer
-NATIVE_REGION- S & SE Asia, Philippines and Sulawesi
-ZONE- 10

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-7
-PUB_DATE-1794
-REISSUED-__
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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