| Family | Melastomataceae |
|---|---|
| Local Name | Malatungaw |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Habitat | Thickets at medium to high altitude |
| Special Notes | leaves are elliptic with acute tips, hairy above and beneath |
| Ethnobotanical Uses | ORNAMENTAL: used for ornamental purposes; |
| Collected from | Sagubo, Kapangan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
| Collector(s) | Claire Anne Jimenez Alvarado, Maria Denise Fernando Dimson, Joy Donabel Pambid Nemenzo, Jan Krisna Marquez Rodriguez, Maria Andrea Casobe Seña |
