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Image of Melastomataceae Melastoma polyanthum
Melastoma polyanthum Burm.f.
Melastomataceae

Melastoma polyanthum Burm.f. [Unverified]

Melastomataceae

Local names Batge; Bakhe
Habit Shrub
Habitat Mossy forest
Locality Ahin, Tinoc, Ifugao, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Collected by Teodora D. Balangcod, A. Suyam
Ethnobotanical uses MEDICINAL: shoots can be miced with boiled meat to control hypertension, decocted leaves are used to treat dysentery and fever; OTHERS: fruits are used as food for birds;
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