Herbarium JCB

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
(MELASTOMA FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Melastomataceae
Species : Melastoma malabathricum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Melastoma malabathricum L.
Vernacular name : Phurki (Hin.); Dodda Nekkarika, Kinkerika (Kan.); Niti danimma (Tel.); Gangai, Koroti, Karati, Korali (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0232
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 27/11/14
Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Marshland
Key identification features : A moderate size evergreen shrub. Branchlets is 4-angled. Petiole is densely clothed with acute, serrulate scales. Leaves are oblong-lanceolate, often amplexicaule, 3-5 nerved at base. Strigose above with appressed thick hairs. Flower is pale blue to pink, small, slender with pedicel in 10 to many umbels. Calyx campanulate. Fruit is a globose berry.
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : Occasional in wet places and banks of streams of Eastern Ghats.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Tirumala Hills, Sadasivakona R.F. (Chittoor district), Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Anantagiri Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Indo-China
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Melastoma malabathricum. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.