Herbarium JCB

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
(Melastoma Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : MELASTOMATACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Melastoma malabathricum L.
Vernacular name : Athiatni, Kadali, Kalampotti, Kalathi, Thodukkara (Malayalam); Niti danimma
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Stream banks and marshy areas in deciduous forests
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 27/11/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0232
Collection Locality : Sadasivakona, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Cecil J. Saldanha (1996). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi.; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Melastoma malabathricum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.