⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-20305174, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melastoma malabathricum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 20305174
) with original publication details: Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 220 220 1825.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571044-1
.