Plant Details

Accepted name:: Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn. [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kanalei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanyavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvandetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvanthetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Memecylon deccanense C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 560 (1879).
Memecylon grande B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4102A (1831), not validly publ.
Memecylon wightianum Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1871 publ. 1872), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Memecylon heyneanum Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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