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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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