⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-20302081, with some changes.

Melastoma malabathricum L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melastoma (family Melastomataceae).

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 20302081) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1: 390 390 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:570989-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melastoma affine D. Don	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma candidum D. Don	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma cavaleriei H. Lév. & Vaniot	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma esquirolii H. Lév.	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma malabathricum var. normale (D. Don) R.C. Srivast.	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D. Don) K.Mey.	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma normale D. Don	Synonym		TRO
Melastoma polyanthum Blume	Synonym		TRO