Melastoma malabathricum L.
Family : Melastomataceae
Common name : Malabar melastome
Medicinal uses –
🌺 The combination of leaves & flowers are used as astringent in leucorrhea & chronic diarrhea.
🌺 The leaves are chewed up, pounded & applied as paste on cuts or wounds or finely chopped up and squeezed to apply the juice onto the wound to stop bleeding.
🌺 The shoots juice can also be used as a mouthwash to relieve a toothache or to treat leucorrhea.
🌺 The roots can also be used as mouthwash to relieve a toothache & to treat epilepsy.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha