What is "leandra"

Leandra is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.

Species include:

• Leandra pastazana, Wurdack
• Leandra subseriata, Cogn.

Leandra is a genus of plant in the family Melastomataceae.

Leandra may also refer to:

• Leandra, Mpumalanga, a settlement in Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa

The given name Leandra may refer to:

• Leandra Leal, a Brazilian actress
• Leandra Medine, an American author and blogger
• Leandra Ramm, an American singer-songwriter and actress

In fiction

• Leandra - a character in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. She is a beautiful woman with many suitors, and when she chooses one her father disapproves and so retires her to a convent. All her suitors withdraw to the mountains where they become shepherds and goat-herders so that they can spend their days writing songs and poems about how beautiful she is.