Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Shrub, to 10 ft., branches obtusely 4-angled, scabrous to pilose; leaves oblong-ovate, 5-9 in. long, 3-6 in wide, 5-7-nerved, densely pubescent beneath; panicles 8-16 in. long, 3-branched, setose; flowers about 1 inch across, petals violet"  (Bailey & Bailey, 1976; p. 1112).

Habitat/ecology:  Full sun to part shade, medium moisture (Missouri Botanical Garden, Kemper Center for Home Gardening).

Propagation:  Seed?

Native range:  Brazil (Bailey & Bailey, 1976; p. 1112).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Comments:  Reported as possibly an invasive plant in the Galápagos Islands per Charles Darwin Research Station.

Additional information:
Additional online information about Tibouchina heteromalla is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Tibouchina heteromalla as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Tibouchina heteromalla may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bailey, L. H./Bailey, E. Z. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York. 1290 pp.

Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.