Nomenclature: wfo-0001080544
![Kew Gardens K001038001: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/2c31aecd24420061649425fc51112cac.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038001: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038002: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/491d24325ac366decc547660cb38c51f.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038002: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038003: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/2a8f723b52fa2b1220044bb861510c6b.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038003: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038004: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Malaysia](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/a1c312c0508c7e87d9c013857476430b.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038004: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Malaysia")
![Kew Gardens K001038005: Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 4040] Bangladesh](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/827b6c9bac1a22eb301d2f8459974aac.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038005: Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 4040] Bangladesh")
![Kew Gardens K001038006: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/844aa0d61ee4ee1445451e0720596d33.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038006: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma")
![Kew Gardens K001038007: De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/edafa34831f1a4dbbcc09d94d113a2d0.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038007: De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038008: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/64a5c22772419d8ce58e7130deb20136.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038008: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma")
![Kew Gardens K001038009: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/e3931fe57b560ace7397b400ea20c9ce.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038009: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038010: Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/edcbf955149686f92de9258c85acf904.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038010: Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma")
![Kew Gardens K001038011: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/c9ccc26d7d14cbcdc7df085554b45b31.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038011: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001038012: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/ef5f597cea3c907b8afa581ba9acbe36.jpg "Kew Gardens K001038012: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001117996: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] India](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/b8ffd1e502892ec8dd1e3f86bbc16ff2.jpg "Kew Gardens K001117996: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] India")
![Kew Gardens K001117998: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/e8ab08a2db4396b144cd8a4ea5745adf.jpg "Kew Gardens K001117998: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001117999: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/6a3efbd21a968ea368a738635dec95e6.jpg "Kew Gardens K001117999: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
![Kew Gardens K001118000: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/56cd21a24d106aea10b61452147433c0.jpg "Kew Gardens K001118000: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040]")
Melastoma malabathricum Sp. Pl. : 390 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 390. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038001: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038002: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038003: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038004: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Malaysia Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038005: Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 4040] Bangladesh Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038006: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038007: De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038008: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038009: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038010: Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4040] Burma Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038011: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001038012: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001117996: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001117998: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001117999: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001118000: s.coll. [Cat. no. 4040] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 570989-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record tro-20302081
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: tro-20302081
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2021-12 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06Placement: Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Melastoma > Melastoma malabathricum
Subtaxa
- Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum
- Melastoma malabathricum var. mariannum
- Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale
- Melastoma malabathricum var. perakense