Plant Details

Accepted name:: Miconia laevigata (L.) DC. [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sirin	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acinodendron ambiguum (Bonpl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 950 (1891).
Acinodendron laevigatum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 244 (1891).
Jucunda bredemeyriana Cham. Linnaea 9: 458 (1835).
Jucunda rudolphiana Cham. Linnaea 9: 458 (1835).
Melastoma acuminatum Sieber ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 272 (1828).
Melastoma ambiguum Bonpl. in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Monogr. Melast. 1(Melast.): 55 (1809).
Melastoma aspersum C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 272 (1828).
Melastoma brachiatum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 3: 24 (1807).
Melastoma cuspidatum Willd. ex Cham. Linnaea 9: 458 (1835).
Melastoma expansum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 3: 21 (1807).
Melastoma laevigatum L. Sp. Pl.: 390 (1753).
Melastoma nicotianifolium Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 53 (1797).
Melastoma pendulifolium Bonpl. in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Monogr. Melast. 1(Melast.): 79 (1811).
Melastoma piluliferum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 3: 15 (1807).
Melastoma portoricense Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 61 (1822).
Melastoma striatum Willd. ex Cham. Linnaea 9: 458 (1835).
Miconia affinis Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 257 (1860), nom. illeg.
Miconia ambigua (Bonpl.) DC. Prodr. 3: 189 (1828).
Miconia ceanothina DC. Prodr. 3: 189 (1828).
Miconia havanensis DC. Prodr. 3: 188 (1828).
Miconia microcarpa Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 257 (1860), not validly publ.
Miconia nicotianifolia DC. Prodr. 3: 188 (1828).
Miconia parviflora Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 257 (1860).
Miconia pendulifolia DC. Prodr. 3: 187 (1828).
Synoptera laevigata (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 98 (1838).
Tamonea laevigata (L.) Krasser in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 142, 188 (1893).
Ziegera laevigata (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 94 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Miconia laevigata (L.) DC.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Miconia laevigata DC.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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