Taxon:
Melastoma malabathricum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:390. 1753
Verified:
05/11/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. 1925-1962. Florae siamensis enumeratio.
- George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
- Meyer, K. 2001. Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46:364-369. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource). URL: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Common names
English
Indian-rhododendron – Malabar melastome – Swedish
malabarbuske –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
Native
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Nepal
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |