Characteristics
Dicots
Melastoma malabathricum L.
STRAITS RHODODENDRON; MALABAR MELASTOME
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Not Native
FACU (NWPL)
Classification
MYRTALES
Melastoma malabathricum L. - STRAITS RHODODENDRON; MALABAR MELASTOME
Citation
MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 390. 1753.
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INDIA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 1: 55, no. 171 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Bremer, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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