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Medinilla magnifica, the showy medinilla [1] or rose grape, [2] is a species of epiphytic flowering plant, of the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines.Various cultivars and hybrids of this species, genus and family are well-known and have grown to be popular with plant collectors; the species Medinilla speciosa is equally as popular.
For roses, the hypanthium is the tissue that composes the edible part of rosehips. Roses and apples are both members of the Rosaceae family; the fact that they have similar fruit morphology is a major consideration in placing them in the same taxonomic family.
Melastoma malabituin is found in the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is currently only known from the municipalities of San Mariano and Echague, Isabela Province, Luzon, Philippines, where it is found in remnants of secondary lowland forests in the Sierra Madre mountain range.
Rosaceae (/ r oʊ ˈ z eɪ s iː. iː,-s i. aɪ,-s i. eɪ /), [5] [6] the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The name is derived from the type genus Rosa .
In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup [1] [2] [3] is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube , a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube .
Rosa hypanthium encircling separate achene fruits. An achene (/ ə ˈ k iː n /; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀ (a) 'privative' and χαίνειν (khaínein) 'to gape'), [2] also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants.
The flowers are perigynous with a bell- or urn-shaped hypanthium, externally covered with many soft hairs (pubescent) in most species. The flowers have five free petals , which are pink, purple, magenta or white in colour, or initially magenta or rose-red fading to lavender with age.
The long, warty hypanthium is covered by rudimentary leaves up to 2 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) long. The fruit are ovoid or club-like and sometimes thorny. The fruit are ovoid or club-like and sometimes thorny.