Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D.Don) Karst.Mey. [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Melastoma malabathricum L.
Infraspecies:: 2

Melastoma malabathricum var. mariannum (Naudin) Fosberg & Sachet

Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sey la pley	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
大金香炉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melastoma normale D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 220 (1825).
Melastoma atrofuscum Bakh.f. Contr. Melastom.: 90 (1943).
Melastoma cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 21 (1906).
Melastoma clarkeanum Cogn. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 346 (1891).
Melastoma esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 61 (1910).
Melastoma houtteanum Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 291 (1850).
Melastoma malabathricum var. normale (D.Don) R.C.Srivast. Novon 8: 203 (1998).
Melastoma pelagicum Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 279 (1850).
Melastoma pubescens Bakh.f. Contr. Melastom.: 87 (1943).
Melastoma velutinum Seem. Fl. Vit.: 90 (1866), nom. illeg.
Melastoma wallichii DC. Prodr. 3: 146 (1828).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melastoma malabathricum L. ssp. norman D. Don K. Meyer	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D.Don) Karst.Mey.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Melastoma normale D. Don	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Melastoma normale D.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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