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Flower sharing: Mountain elf
Author：未知 Source： Updated:2023-09-19 09:09:33
Alias: Melastonia basiculata, Indian Melastonia
Family Genus: Melastomonaceae, Melastomonaceae
Latin Name：Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus
Melastoma, not a wild peony, has nothing to do with it.
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Alias: Melastonia basiculata, Indian Melastonia
Family Genus: Melastomonaceae, Melastomonaceae
Latin Name：Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus
Melastoma, not a wild peony, has nothing to do with it.
Melastoma is a local characteristic flower in Lingnan, with beautiful flowers comparable to peony, so it gets its name.
It has various forms, beautiful plant type, gorgeous color, also it is an excellent garden plant, but no one knows as it has always been in the mountains, .
Let's get to know this mountain elf.
The ornamental value of Melastoma
Melastoma has high ornamental value. The flowers are large, numerous and dense, and the flowers are purple, delicate and beautiful. Plant shape is beautiful, leaves are not only green but also with luxuriant foliage. It blooms all the year round.
With simple cultivation and management, easy reproduction and strong adaptability, it is a rare and excellent leaf and flower garden greening plant material, which is very suitable for application in urban garden green space.
The popularization and application of Melastoma
Melastoma can be interspersed in lawns and open spaces, flowers appear noble and moving in the sun; It can be arranged in the flower bed or flower border. A piece of group planting flowers are bright and dazzling, seems very spectacular.
It can also be planted on both sides of the scenic forest road to show its unique green landscape effect. Potted plants are placed in front of the house or at the windowsill to show the suburban wild interest, with excellent effect.
Medicinal value of melastoma
Melastoma has high medicinal value. It has the effect of reducing swelling and pain, dispersing stasis and hemostasis, and has a good therapeutic effect on dysentery and stool blood, and the leaves of Melastoma can also be used for injuries, trauma bleeding and so on.
Melastoma can also effectively remove facial melasma, effectively delay the aging of the skin, make our face more ruddy and shiny, and it have a certain effect for some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Legend of Melastoma
There is also a popular folklore about melastoma.
According to legend, there was a girl in the Qing Dynasty who loved to wear purple clothes, she fell in love with Wang Liu of the Han nationality. Mei Jia is the Gaoshan nationality, their different nationality leading to their love is not accepted, and they finally decided to elope for love. Waiting for the lover under the camphor tree, Mei Jia was unfortunately killed by lightning, she left her broken purple clothes fragments.
Later, in the place where MeiJia died, a beautiful purple flower blossomed, and it is believed that MeiJia was waiting for her lover here.
The production of melastoma
There are about 4000 species of melastoma in the world, which are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with the largest number in the Americas.
There are 160 wild species in China and 64 wild species in Guangdong Province, of which 2 are endemic. Guangzhou has established the only national germplasm resource bank of melastoma in China, with more than 70 species collected and preserved.
The original of melastoma itself is unknown in the mountains. After Guangzhou introduced it into the city, it took the lead in cultivating 6 new varieties of melastoma with intellectual property rights, such as "Tianjiao" and "aspiration", realizing "zero breakthrough" in the cultivation of new varieties of melastoma in China and promoting the development and utilization of native plants.
