Rose Grape (Medinilla Magnifica)

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Rose grape with the scientific name
medinilla magnifica is a species of flowering plant in the Melastomataceae family.

This plant is also called the showy medinilla and is native to the Philippines.

Rose grape is an epiphyte, a plant that grows on other trees, but does not take food from those trees like a parasite.

The plant grows to 3 meters and the opposite sturdy, leathery leaves reach 20-30 cm and are ovate with short points.

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