Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Melastoma malabathricum
Scientific Name and Description
Melastoma malabathricum L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Melastoma affine D.
Melastoma candidum D. Don
Melastoma cavaleriei H. Lév. & Vaniot
Melastoma esquirolii H. Lév.
Melastoma malabathricum var. normale (D. Don) R.C. Srivast.
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D. Don) K.Mey.
Melastoma normale D. Don
Melastoma polyanthum Blume
Melastoma candidum D. Don
Melastoma cavaleriei H. Lév. & Vaniot
Melastoma esquirolii H. Lév.
Melastoma malabathricum var. normale (D. Don) R.C. Srivast.
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D. Don) K.Mey.
Melastoma normale D. Don
Melastoma polyanthum Blume
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | phutki |
| Kannada | aankarai, ankarike, ankarke, ankerki, doddanekkare, kakkarike, kenkarike, kinkerika, leokaeri, liakeri, nakkare, nekkaare, nekkane, nekkaraka, nekkare, nekkarike |
| Malayalam | kadah, kadali, katali, totukara |
| Marathi | laakhaeri, nakeri, palore, palori |
| Sanskrit | tinisah |
| Tamil | amam 1, kadalai, katalai, nakkukaruppan |
| Telugu | nekkare, nekkaresaelya, pathudu, pattudu |
| Common names | Malabar melastome, Indian rhododendron, Singapore rhododendron, planter's rhododendron, senduduk, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Aerial parts
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Melastoma malabathricum L. Herb Aerial parts Cuts; wound; swellings; diarrhoea; dysentery General Reddy et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Reddy et al. 2008
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Melastoma malabathricum. (2024, March 21). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melastoma_malabathricum