Plant Details

Accepted name:: Memecylon umbellatum var. umbellatum [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.
Infraspecies:: Memecylon umbellatum var. molestum (C.B.Clarke) M.Das Das, D.Maity & A.Pramanik

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asābe-asfar	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
اصابع صفر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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

Memecylon tinctorium J.Koenig ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 347 (1799).
Melaleuca bicolor Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 624 (1814).
Memecylon capitellatum B.Heyne ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1871 publ. 1872).
Memecylon capitellatum var. tinctorium (J.Koenig ex Willd.) Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 354 (1851).
Memecylon edule var. contractum Haines Indian Forester 40: 270 (1914).
Memecylon edule var. rubrocaeruleum (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 564 (1879).
Memecylon molestum Cogn. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 1169 (1891).
Memecylon ramiflorum Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 88 (1797).
Memecylon rubrocaeruleum Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 415 (1864).
Memecylon umbellatum var. contractum (Haines) D.M.Verma in D.M.Verma, P.C.Pant & M.I.Hanfi, Fl. Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon: 148 (1985).
Memecylon umbellatum var. rubrocaeruleum (Thwaites) Trimen Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 217 (1894).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Memecylon tinctorium	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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