Sonerila aiensis
A small Bornean Sonerila, a forest-floor herb of the melastome family, known from very little beyond its description. It needs the conditions of lowland rainforest: deep shade, constant warmth and saturated air, which in practice means a closed terrarium.
Where it grows wild
No habitat notes for this species were found. Bornean Sonerila grow on the floor of wet lowland and hill forest, on shaded banks, mossy rocks and stream edges.
No recorded elevations; the measured regional point is at about 430 m, typical of hill forest.
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