Melastoma malabathricum—locally known as senduduk—is one of the seven newly-introduced herbal species to the global market under the National Key Economic Area (NKEA) No 11 in 2014. Melas stomos meaning black mouth in Greek simply describes one's purplish black tongue when the raw sweet and sour Melastoma fruit is consumed. The Taxonomic Significance of Leaf Micromorphology in the Genus Melastoma L. ABSTRACT A comparative leaf micromorphological study of Melastoma malabathricum, M. malabathricum var. alba and M. sanguineum (Melastomataceae) was carried out by scanning electron microscope. Characters such as The taxonomy of the genus Melastoma requires a complete revision. [6] Early genetics studies were published from 2001, [7] through to recently, [8] but a revision based on them has yet to be. In 2001 Karsten Meyer proposed a revision in which the species Melastoma affine and other species were subsumed within this species M. malabathricum. Melastoma malabathricum L. (karamunting) fruit has potential to be used as a natural dye because it has an interesting color that is blue, purple, and red. The color given from karamunting fruit is due to the anthocyanin pigment which is a flavonoid derivative Melastoma malabathricum L. is an accepted name This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melastoma (family Melastomataceae ). The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 20302081 ) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1: 390 1753 . tannins) is Melastoma malabathricum (Susanti et al., 2007). Melastoma malabathricum (MM) is a plant from the family Melastomaceae commonly found in previously cleared land, waste including Malaysia (van Valkenberg et al., 2001). MM consists of three varieties, having flowers with dark purple-magenta petals, What is a Blue Tongue? Learn about the Blue Tongue plant of Melastoma malabathricum genus. Search over 7,000 plants in our plant guide. See what to plant when thanks to our seasonal gardening guide and plant finder so your flowers and vegetables look amazing whatever the climate. Description: Shrubs, 1-2 m tall; stem and branches clothed with scales. Leaves opposite, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 5-12 x 1.5 - 4 cm, rounded at base, acute at apex, strigose above, appressedly-hairy, scaly on nerves beneath; nerves 3-7; petioles 1-1.5 cm long, scaly, hairy. M elastoma malabathricum L. subsp. malabathricum Native Lasiandra A small plant from the Northern Australia. It often grows in disturbed areas on roadsides. The Mt Lewis plant was host to the mistletoe, Amyema whitei. The Atlas of Florida Plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the University of South Florida and other herbaria. Melastoma malabathricum, Melastoma sanguineum, Tibouchina urvilleana Summary Melastoma candidum (Asian melastome) is an invasive shrub that can spread rapidly and may form dense monotypic thickets in a variety of habitats such as: open land, grassland, shrubland and native forest. Melastoma malabathricum, Medinilla hasselti and Phyllagathis rotundifolia (Melastomaceae) had 3-zonocolporate pollen. Skvarla et al. (1975) in a study of Onagraceae pollen observed that pollen was shed in mature tetrads in