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Melastomastrum capitatum

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Internal ID UUID6440490530329545697148
Scientific name Melastomastrum capitatum
Authority (Vahl) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
First published in Garcia de Orta ii. n.° 3 (Contrib. Melast. G

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Heterotis vogelii Benth. Niger Fl. : 352 (1849)
Melastomastrum erectum Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 13: 296, t. 5 (1850)
Tristemma capitatum Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 56 (1871 publ. 1872)
Dissotis erecta (Guill. & Perr.) Dandy in F. W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan i. 192 (1950).
Melastomastrum capitatum var. capitatum A.Fern. & R.Fern. Fl. S.-E. Washington (ed. 3) ii No. 3 (Contrib. Melast. Guine Portug.) 278 (1954). 1954
Tristemma erectum Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. : 312
Heterotis capitata Benth. Niger Fl. 352 (1849) (1849)
Dissotis capitata Hook.f. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 449 (1871)
Melastoma capitata Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 45 (1797)
Melastomastrum capitatum var. silvaticum Jacq.-Fél. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, Bot. 270, Bot. 17: 61 (1975)
Melastoma capitatum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 45 (1797)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zambia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001082233
Tropicos 20303958
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571370-1
The Plant List tro-20303958
Open Tree Of Life 577367
NCBI Taxonomy 130518
IPNI 571370-1
iNaturalist 994034
GBIF 3868815
EPPO MLUCA
EOL 5440325

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A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10812860
doi:10.1080/13880209.2024.2305453
PMID:38270178
New Trends in Supercritical Fluid Technology and Pressurized Liquids for the Extraction and Recovery of Bioactive Compounds from Agro-Industrial and Marine Food Waste Fraguela-Meissimilly H, Bastías-Monte JM, Vergara C, Ortiz-Viedma J, Lemus-Mondaca R, Flores M, Toledo-Merma P, Alcázar-Alay S, Gallón-Bedoya M Molecules 29-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10254675
doi:10.3390/molecules28114421
PMID:37298897
Chemical Compositions and Experimental and Computational Modeling of the Anticancer Effects of Cnidocyte Venoms of Jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda and Catostylus mosaicus on Human Adenocarcinoma A549 Cells Zare A, Afshar A, Khoradmehr A, Baghban N, Mohebbi G, Barmak A, Daneshi A, Bargahi A, Nabipour I, Almasi-Turk S, Arandian A, Zibaii MI, Latifi H, Tamadon A Mar Drugs 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10057638
doi:10.3390/md21030168
PMID:36976217
Isolation, Characterization and Anticancer Activity of Two Bioactive Compounds from Arisaema flavum (Forssk.) Schott Nisa S, Bibi Y, Masood S, Ali A, Alam S, Sabir M, Qayyum A, Ahmed W, Alharthi S, Santali EY, Alharthy SA, Bawazir WM, Almashjary MN Molecules 16-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9697112
doi:10.3390/molecules27227932
PMID:36432033
Targeting Akt/NF-κB/p53 Pathway and Apoptosis Inducing Potential of 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic Acid, Bis (2-Methyl Propyl) Ester Isolated from Onosma bracteata Wall. against Human Osteosarcoma (MG-63) Cells Kumar A, Kaur S, Dhiman S, Singh PP, Bhatia G, Thakur S, Tuli HS, Sharma U, Kumar S, Almutary AG, Alnuqaydan AM, Hussain A, Haque S, Dhama K, Kaur S Molecules 28-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182111
doi:10.3390/molecules27113478
PMID:35684419
Seasonal Chemical Evaluation of Miconia chamissois Naudin from Brazilian Savanna Ferreira JD, López MH, Gomes JV, Martins DH, Fagg CW, Magalhães PO, Davies NW, Silveira D, Fonseca-Bazzo YM Molecules 08-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8838837
doi:10.3390/molecules27031120
PMID:35164385
Aluminium Accumulation in Leaves of 127 Species in Melastomataceae, with Comments on the Order Myrtales JANSEN S, WATANABE T, SMETS E Ann Bot 01-Jul-2002
PMCID:PMC4233848
doi:10.1093/aob/mcf142
PMID:12125773

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