⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-20303029, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melastoma malabathricum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 20303029
) with original publication details: Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 288 288 1823.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:570661-1
.