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Melastoma malabathricum

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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

Treat diarrhoea, Dysentery,Hemorrhoids,cuts and wounds,toothache, and stomachache.

Parts Used

Leaves, Shoots,Barks, Seeds

Chemical Composition

Various phytochemical groups and constituents have been identified in M. malabathricum since 1968 and are strongly associated with its ethnomedicinal values. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಅಂಕೇರ್ಕಿ Ankerki, ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ Dodda nekkare
Hindi
Malayalam Kalathi,Kadali
Tamil Katalai
Telugu Nekkare, Nekkaresaelya
Marathi Lakeri, Palore
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Tinisah
English Malabar Melastome, Indian-rhododendron

[2]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate The leaves are light green and feathery with a bipinnate pattern

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 1 inch Light blue 5 Flowers Season is June - August


Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of 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; 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. [4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tall grasslands, Meadows.

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