• Family : Melastomataceae
  (MELASTOMA FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
• Basionym : Melastoma normale D.Don
• Synonym(s) : Melastoma malabathricum var. normale (D.Don) R.C.Srivast.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (D.Don) Karst.Mey.
• Common name : Himalayan Melastome
• Vernacular name : ফুটুকী Phuuki, ফুটকলা Phutkala (Assamese); Nura Khudonglei (Manipuri); Bobuchunmei (Rongmei); Yachubi (Tangkhul); अंगेरी Angeree, चुलेसी Chulesee (Nepali)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Open slopes, shrubberies,watselands
• Key identification features : Calyx densely feathery-haired, with long lanceolate lobes; petals 5, stamens 5 long curved, 5 short
• Native : Tropical & Subtropical Asia
• World Distribution : Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 146
• 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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