Valvare anthers gave this one away Fruits with clasping sepals looking like little avocados.
Very glandular. On a sky island surrounded by lower elevation tropical deciduous forest.
Tree to 30',maybe taller. Flowers nibbled off by birds and on the ground. This thing smelled very good, especially considering how Gochnatia usually smell. Note purple anther tubes.
Flowering despite night time freezing temperatures
These Lythraceae always fool me for Melastomes at first
Scorpioid cymes. This tribe seems to be common and diverse here. Growing at the interfac of road and forest.
Scorpioid cymes. This tribe seems to be common and diverse here. Growing at the interfac of road and forest.
Scorpioid cymes. This tribe seems to be common and diverse here. Growing at the interfac of road and forest.
On a sky island. seems similar to B. platypoda.