• Family : Melastomataceae
  (MELASTOMA FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
• Synonym(s) : Melastoma wallichii DC.; Melastoma polyanthum Blume
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D.Don) Karst.Mey.
• Common name : Himalayan Melastome
• Vernacular name : Phutkala (Assamese); Angeree (Nepali)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Open slopes, shrubberies on forest margins
• Comments / notes : A largebristly-haired shrub
• Key identification features : Hairs on upper leaf surface longer (0.5-1 mm), soft to touch, and calyx lobes longer. Fruit berry-like, splitting irregularly
• Native : Seychelles, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. & E. Australia
• World Distribution : Andaman Is., Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal and Australia
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 146; Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (2):296-297
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Melastoma normale. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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