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==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Toothache}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|stemShoots}}, {{Parts Used|leavesBarks}}, {{Parts Used|RootSeeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Various phytochemical groups and constituents have been identified in M. malabathricum since 1968 and are strongly associated with its ethnomedicinal values. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sakn=ಅಂಕೇರ್ಕಿ Ankerki, ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ Dodda nekkare|enml=Kalathi,Kadali|gusa=Tinisah|hita=Katalai|knte=Nekkare, Nekkaresaelya|kshi=|mlen=Malabar Melastome, Indian-rhododendron|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=Lakeri, Palore}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|The leaves are light green and feathery with a bipinnate pattern}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|1 inch|Light blue|5|Flowers Season is June - August}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Roots}}.
==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.
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Meadows}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum foliage.jpgFile:Melastoma malabathricum 100.JPGFile:Melastoma malabathricum fruit.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<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>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246672 Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ ]* [ ]* [ https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246672 Melastoma malabathricum on indiabiodiversity.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
