Local Name: Pokok Senduduk
Scientific Name: Melastoma malabathricum
Family: Melastomataceae
Origin/Habitat: This shrubs tree can easily be found in mediocre thick bushes
Details: The plant can grow up to 1 meter tall but in rare cases can reach up to 3 meters tall. The stem is red in colour, covered in fine hair when it’s mature. Same goes to the stem and the fruits. The flower is very beautiful with yellowish stamen in the middle
Medicinal Uses: Traditional medicine practiser frequently used it as the plant to reenergise body especially after maternity. Also, can be used to remedy diarrhoea, bleeding defecate and haemorrhoids by drinking the braise water of the leaves. The paste can be used to heal chicken pox scar
Breeding: Stem-cutting