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Glory bush
Glory bush
Pleroma urvilleanum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Uncommon

About

Glory bush, or Tibouchina urvilleana, is a tropical plant that grows in rainforests in Brazil. This plant has a unique ability to produce a strong, sweet aroma, which attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies to its flowers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Pleroma
Species
Pleroma urvilleanum