''Melastoma denticulatum'' is a
species of
flowering plant in the family
Melastomataceae, native from the
Solomon Islands to the south Pacific.
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Taxonomy
''Melastoma denticulatum'' was first described by Jacques Labillardière in 1825.[ Its acceptance as a distinct species has varied. It is accepted by '']Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
'', .[ It has also been treated as a synonym of '']Melastoma malabathricum
''Melastoma malabathricum'', known also as Malabar melastome, Indian rhododendron, Singapore rhododendron, planter's rhododendron and senduduk, is a flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. This plant is native to Indomalaya, Japan and Aust ...
'' and ''Melastoma affine
''Melastoma affine'', also known by the common names blue tongue or native lassiandra, is a shrub of the family Melastomataceae. Distributed in tropical and sub-tropical forests of India, South-east Asia and Australia, it is a plant of rainforest ...
'', and also as misapplied to ''Melastoma affine''.
References
denticulatum
Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
Flora of the Pacific
Plants described in 1825
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