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[[File:Melastoma malabathricum 09897.JPG|thumb|right|'' Melastoma malabathricum'']]
'''Melastoma malabathricum''', known also as Malabar melastome, Indian rhododendron, Singapore rhododendron, planter's rhododendron and senduduk, is a flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}},{{Uses|Hemorrhoids}},{{Uses|Wounds}},{{Uses|Toothache}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Shrubs to 1.3 m tall; stem densely covered with paleaceous pectinate hairs. Leaves 4-11 x 1.5-4 cm, elliptic-oblong, base attenuate, apex acute, upper surface prominently lineolate; lower surface tomentose, 5-ribbed, drying dull-greenish; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Flowers solitary or few in rather dense clusters, c. 5 cm across; bracts 1.2-2 x 1-1.4 cm, boat-shaped, densely paleaceous hairy. Calyx tube 0.7-1 cm long, campanulate; lobes 5, 5-7 x 4-5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, densely paleaceous hairy. Petals 5, reddish purple, 1.5-2 x 0.7 - 1 cm, obovate. Stamens 10, alternating ones large and small; anthers dimorphic, dehiscence by apical pores. Ovary ovoid, 5-locular; ovules many; style simple. Capsules 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm, ovoid, irregularly dehiscent. Seeds many, minute.
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==Photo Gallery==
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File:Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum foliage.jpg
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/258434/ Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246672 Plant description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/m/melastoma-malabathricum-ssp-malabathricum Common names]</ref>
==External Links==
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246672 Melastoma malabathricumon indiabiodiversity.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
