Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melastoma sanguineum var. sanguineum [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Melastoma sanguineum Sims
Infraspecies:: 2

Melastoma sanguineum var. laevifolium (Merr.) Karst.Mey.

Melastoma sanguineum var. ranauense Karst.Mey.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sendudok gajah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sendudok puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
senduduk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melastoma decemfidum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 406 (1832).
Melastoma balinense Bakh.f. Contr. Melastom.: 75 (1943).
Melastoma bancanum Bakh.f. Contr. Melastom.: 74 (1943).
Melastoma dodecandrum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 406 (1832), nom. illeg.
Melastoma erectum Jack Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 5 (1823).
Melastoma gaudichaudianum Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 278 (1850).
Melastoma macrocarpum Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 281 (1850).
Melastoma malabatricum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 367 (1837).
Melastoma muricatum W.Hunter J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 53: 91 (1909).
Melastoma porphyreum Zipp. ex Blume Flora 14: 487 (1831).
Melastoma pulcherrimum Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: t. 49 (1842).
Melastoma schizocarpum Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 104 (1911).
Melastoma teysmannii Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 316 (1861).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melastoma decemfidum Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Melastoma decemfidum Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melastoma decemifidm Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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