Melastomataceae
Malabar melastome
Melastoma malabathricum
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Melastoma
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Common names
By language (16)
- Assamese
- ফুটুকলা
- Bangla
- দাঁতরাঙা, ফুটুকী
- Cantonese
- 野牡丹
- Chinese
- 基尖葉野牡丹, 野牡丹, 印度野牡丹, 多花野牡丹, 大金香炉, 展毛野牡丹, 山石榴, 破碗掌脚树
- dtp
- Gosing
- English
- Malabar melastome, Indian rhododendron, Malabar black mouth
- Filipino
- Malatungaw, Tungaw-tungaw
- Japanese
- ノボタン
- Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ
- Malayalam
- കലദി
- mnw
- ကောန်မှေအ်၊ တၞံ
- Persian
- ملاستوما مالاباتریکام
- Russian
- Меластома малабарская, Индийский рододендрон, Сингапурский рододендрон
- tcy
- ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ
- Thai
- โคลงเคลง, Malabar melastome, กะดูดุ, กาดูโด๊ะ, ซิซะโพ๊ะ, ตะลาเด๊าะ, มะเหร, มังเคร่
- Vietnamese
- Mua đa hùng
Synonyms
- Melastoma malabathricum var. polyanthum Benth.
- Melastoma polyanthum Blume
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.