Tibouchina longifolia (Melastomataceae)

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Tibouchina longifolia is a shrub 1-1/2 to 6 feet tall with white flowers about 1/2 inch in diameter. Its leaves--1-1/2 to4-1/2 inches long--are narrowly elliptic to lanceolate and covered with dense hairs and have 3-7 (usually 5) primary veins.  In Hawaii, this species is established in the wild from the island of Hawaii, where it was first collected in 1983 from Metrosideros forest along the Stainback Highway, Puna District (Wagner et al. 1999). On Maui, Tibouchina longifolia is reported to be cultivated at a garden near the top of Olinda Rd., East Maui. Early control of this plant may help prevent its naturalization on Maui. All species in the genus Tibouchina are listed in Hawaii as noxious weeds. Tibouchina longifolia, native to the neotropics, is weedy and widespread from Mexico and the West Indies to Bolivia and Brazil (Wagner et al. 1999).  

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Tibouchina longifolia information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands   
Information about Tibouchina longifolia in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Tibouchina longifolia on Maui (Hawaii, USA): species information 
This report on the species Tibouchina longifolia in Hawaii--with particular emphasis on its status on the island of Maui--includes information about the taxonomy, description, biology and ecology, distribution, control methods, and management recommendations, as well as references.

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Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens
Killgore, Eloise M. 2002. Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens. pp. 45-52 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Tibouchina longifolia on Maui (Hawaii, USA): species information 
This report on the species Tibouchina longifolia in Hawaii--with particular emphasis on its status on the island of Maui--includes information about the taxonomy, description, biology and ecology, distribution, control methods, and management recommendations, as well as references.

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