Melastoma

Accepted species 213 Documented here 6 Family Melastomataceae

Accepted species 213 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Melastoma malabathricum L. 456 documented
Melastoma scaberrimum (Hayata) Yuen P.Yang & H.Y.Liu 55 documented
Melastoma sanguineum Sims 38 documented
Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. 17 documented
Melastoma denticulatum Labill. 9 documented
Melastoma saigonense (Kuntze) Merr. 6 documented
Melastoma × intermedium Dunn 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma aculeolatum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma acutiflorum Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma acutum Mill. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma aeleagnoides Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma akermanii Mure 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma album Reinw. ex Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma anhanga Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma annuum Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ansowii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma antennatum Cham. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma apiense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma argyratum C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ariffinii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma aristatum Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma arvense Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ashtonii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma aubletianum Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma aureum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bananale Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma barbatum Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma barioense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bauchei Guillaumin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma beccarianum Cogn. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bensonii Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bifarium Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bipartitum Pers. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma blepharodes Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma borneense Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma boryanum Korth. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma botryanthum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma brachyotum Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma buennemeyeri Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma bukitrayense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma canaliculatum Sessé & Moc. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma celebicum Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ceramense Naudin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cereaceum Pickering ex A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma chevalieri Guillaumin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cinchonifolium Mart. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cinereum Vahl ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma collinum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma columneifolium Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma congestum Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cordifolium Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cordifolium Link 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cryptodon Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cucullatum Pav. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma culionense Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma curvisepalum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma curvum Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma cyanoides Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma decipiens Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma depauperatum Rich. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma dubium Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma eberhardtii Guillaumin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma echinatum Reinw. ex Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma elbertii Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma eleagnoides Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma enanum Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma enervatum Sessé & Moc. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma finlaysonii Wall. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma flavum Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma fothergilloides Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma fuscum Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma geniculatum Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma globuliferum Walp. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma godeffroyi Reinecke 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma grandifolium O.Schwartz 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma grandifolium Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma grandifolium Loudon 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma griffithianum Masters 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma guianense Poir. ex Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma haenkeanum Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma hansenii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma haplostachyum Spreng. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma harmsianum Lauterb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma heterobase Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma heterocarpum Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma horridum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma humile Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma hypophyscon Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma idorense Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma iliasii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma imbricatum Wall. ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma impressinervium K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma impuberum Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma inaequalifolium Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma incisum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma integrifolium Buc'hoz 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma japurense Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma jenkinsii Masters 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma joffrei K.M.Wong & Y.W.Low 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma kahayanense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma kemamanense L.Neo & K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma klossii Baker f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma koordersii Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma kostermansii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma kuchingense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma kudoi Sasaki 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma lambertianum Ser. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma lanuginosum Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma laurinum Ser. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma lhotzkyi Cogn. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma linusii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma litoreum Wall. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma longiramense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma longisepalum Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma magnificum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma malabituin J.Agcaoili, Barcelona & Pelser 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma maraiparaiense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma melanophyllum Spreng. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma micans Gilli 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma microlepidotum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma microphyllum Naudin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma minahassae Koord. ex Karst.Mey. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma molkenboerii Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma molle (C.B.Clarke) Wall. ex Cogn. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma molle Wall. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma montanum (Lauterb.) Karst.Mey. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma muticum Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma myrcioides Sieber ex C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma octandriflorum Sessé & Moc. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma oreophilum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma oresbium K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma orientale Guillaumin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ovalifolium Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma oxypetalum Mart. & Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma oxypetalum Spreng. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma oxyphyllum Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma paleaceum Naudin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma palungense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma patulisetum Ohwi 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma paucifolium Bonpl. ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma paupercula Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pellegrinianum (H.Boissieu) Karst.Mey. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pellucens Rich. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma penicillatum Naudin 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pentapetalum (Toyoda) T.Yamaz. & Toyoda 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma perakense Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma petandrum Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma petiolatum Rich. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma petiolatum Mill. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pexiricum Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma phyllopus Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma picklesii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma polyanthum Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma postarii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma praetermissum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma procumbens Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pulongtauense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma pustulatum Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma quinquedentatum Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma quinquenerve Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma radula Hoffmanns. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma raussinia Buc'hoz 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma reptans Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rhaphistigma Schrank ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rhodopogon Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma robustum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma roemeri Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma roseum Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rubricaule Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rufidulum Rich. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rugosum Rottb. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rugosum Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma runiae K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma rusticum G.Forst. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sabahense Karst.Mey. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sanguinolentum Naudin ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sarawakense K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma scalptum Poir. ex Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma secundiflorum Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sericeum Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sibatii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma solaniflorum Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sparsiflorum Rich. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma squamosum Buch.-Ham. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma subalbidum Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma subferrugineum Naudin ex Triana 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma subgrande Hochr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sugaui K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sumatranum Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma superbum Bonpl. ex D.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sylvaticum Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma sylvestre Mart. & Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma taniboa J.F.Gmel. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma tanjiewhoei K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma tetramerum Hayata 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma tiliifolium Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma tinctorium Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma toppingii Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma trachycaulon Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma trachyphyllum Backer ex Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma triplinervium G.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma trungii Focs & Tiep 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma ultramaficum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma uniflorum Sessé & Moc. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma urceolatum Mart. & Schrank ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma velutinosum Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma vesiculosum Sessé ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma vile Bakh.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma vulcanicum Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma xantholasia Schrank & Mart. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma yahudii K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma yiianthum K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Melastoma zollingeri Naudin 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.