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Flora of |
Andaman |
Botanical name |
Melastoma malabathricum Linn. |
Synonyms |
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Family |
Melastomataceae |
Plant Stage |
Flowering |
Place of collection |
Port Blair |
Altitude (m) |
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Date of Collection |
March , 1982 |
Accession No. |
16661 |
Total Accessions |
3 |
Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
8/i |
Remarks: Strigose hairy shrub with rough scaly twigs. Leaves opposite oblong lanceolate 3-7 nerved , scabrous , undersurface strigose hairy. Flowers mauve purple , buds enclosed within bracts. |
Identified by |
Y.K.Sarin |
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