Melastoma sanguineum




Family Melastomataceae
Scientific name Melastoma sanguineum Sims
Synonyms Melastoma decemfidum Roxburgh ex Jack; Melastoma dendrisetosum C. Chen
Common name (English common name) none
(Japanese common name) mukuge-nobotan (ムクゲノボタン, 槿野牡丹 [meaning: mukuge like nobotan (mukue = Hibiscus syriacus: nobotan = Melastoma plants)]
Distribution China, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, India
Reference Melastoma sanguineum Sims
Melastoma sanguineum Sims
Agent for Hair Growth (United States Patent Application 20090104295)



October 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden