Melastoma malabathricum / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Dicots

Family

MELASTOMATACEAE

Genus

Melastoma

Species

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Common Name

STRAITS RHODODENDRON; MALABAR MELASTOME

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native FACU (NWPL)

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Supraordinal

Order

MYRTALES

Family

Genus

Species

Melastoma malabathricum L. - STRAITS RHODODENDRON; MALABAR MELASTOME

MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 390. 1753.

Basionym

Type

INDIA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 1: 55, no. 171 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Bremer, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.