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Definition of Melastoma malabathricum
1. Noun. Evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melastoma Malabathricum
Literary usage of Melastoma malabathricum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1836)
"The leaves of Melastoma malabathricum afford a serviceable black dye. The seeds
of Barringtonia speciosa have a narcotic power, and inebriate fish when ..."
2. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon (1843)
"The leaves of Melastoma malabathricum afford a serviceable black dye. The seeds
of Barringtonia speciosa have a narcotic power, and inebriate fish when ..."
3. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"Melastoma malabathricum, Linn. Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. Melastoma polyanthum, Blume.
New Ireland, Mr. Barclay. A poor specimen with flowers almost solitary, ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"The small bushes which above Welte- vreden enliven by their green the margin of
some rivulets, consist of species of Psidium and Melastoma malabathricum ..."
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