Open AccessRediscovery of Melastoma imbricatum Wallich ex Triana in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Mohammad Zashim Uddin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of plant and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-202X
pISSN - 2454-1117
DOI - 10.18811/ijpen.v5i02.12
Subject(s) - division (mathematics) , geography , ancient history , history , arithmetic , mathematics
Melastoma imbricatum Wallich ex Triana (Melastomaceae) has been rediscovered after one hundred forty years from Hooker's report. This species was collected from South-east corner of Champaknagar village (near Indian border); Chhagalnaiya Upazila of Feni district under Chittagong division, Bangladesh on 02/06/2019. The paper is the outcome of the project entitled “Ethno-medicinal plant survey for the management of Cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh” undertaken in the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.