Botanical Name - Melastoma malabathricum L.

Group:

1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons

Family:

Melastomataceae

Genus:

Melastoma

Common sinhala name:

Maha Bovitiya

Habit:

Shrub

Origin:

Native

National conservation status:

LC-Least Concern

Legal status:

Not protected

Similar species:

All vernacular names:

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Contributors for Images:

Pheshala Pasan (ID-PP), Asiru Karunarathna (ID-AK), Ruwani Perera (ID-RP), Sampath Senanayake (ID-SS), Sampath Roshan (ID-SR), Bhikku Nyanatusita (ID-BN & JdV) Sanjeewa Rupasinghe (ID-SR) Singapore Naturalist - IDA 100%

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