Tibouchinas

Tibouchina is a genus of tropical plants in the Melastomataceae family. They are trees, shrub or semi-shrub type, that grow from 0.5 to 25 meters high, and are known as glory trees or bushes (from the English “glory bushes” or “glory trees”). They are native to the jungles of Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America, especially Brazil. The flowers are autogamous or xenogamous, frequently pollinated by beetles2