Botanical family · Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
36 species in this family
A large family of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees readily identified by their strongly ribbed leaves with parallel veins running from base to apex. Most diverse in the neotropics. The anthers often have distinctive pore openings and elaborate appendages.
- Arcuate parallel leaf veins (plinerved)
- Connective appendages on anthers
- Berry or capsule; common in forest understory
Species in MELASTOMATACEAE
- Soapbush, Koster's curseClidemia hirta
- Dissotis Trailing MelastomaHeterotis rotundifolia
- Dissotis Trailing MelastomaHeterotis rotundifolia
- Malabar MelastomeMelastoma malabathricum
- Blue MistMemecylon angustifolium
- Iron-wood treeMemecylon edule
- Talbot MemecylonMemecylon talbotianum
- Smallest Indian MemecylonMemecylon terminale
- Iron-wood treeMemecylon umbellatum
- Wall OsbeckiaOsbeckia muralis
- Eight Stamen OsbeckiaOsbeckia octandra
- Rock OsbeckiaOsbeckia virgata
- Ceylon OsbeckiaOsbeckia zeylanica
- glory bushPleroma semidecandrum
- Kerala SonerilaSonerila rheedei
- Scaped SonerilaSonerila scapigera
- Tirunelveli SonerilaSonerila tinnevelliensis
- Stemless SonerilaSonerila wallichii
- Princess FlowerTibouchina urvilleana
- Medinilla malabarica
- Memecylon flavescens
- Memecylon gracile
- Memecylon heyneanum
- Memecylon kollimalayanum
- Memecylon lushingtonii
- Memecylon malabaricum
- Memecylon randerianum
- Memecylon subcordatum
- Osbeckia aspera
- Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana
- Osbeckia cupularis
- Osbeckia hispidissima
- Sonerila brunonis
- Sonerila grandiflora
- Sonerila parameswaranii
- Sonerila pulneyensis
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